From blue sky research to problem solving: A philosophy of science theory of new knowledge production

Academy of Management Review

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 297-317

  Kilduff, Martin ^a   Mehra, Ajay ^b   Dunn, Mary ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 79952798691     PISSN: 03637425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amr.2009.0164     Document Type: Article

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