Research in Cognition and Strategy: Reflections on Two Decades of Progress and a Look to the Future

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 665-695

  Kaplan, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 79953061204     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2010.00983.x     Document Type: Article

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