The influence of top management team's corporate governance orientation on strategic renewal trajectories: A longitudinal analysis of Royal Dutch Shell plc, 1907-2004

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 984-1014

  Kwee, Zenlin ^a   Van Den Bosch, Frans A J ^b   Volberda, Henk W ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 79958851998     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2010.00961.x     Document Type: Article

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