Looking inside: Psychological influences on structuring a firm's portfolio of resources

Journal of Management

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1444-1463

  Garbuio, Massimo ^a   King, Adelaide Wilcox ^b   Lovallo, Dan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

behavioral decision theory; managerial cognition; resource management processes; resource based theory; strategic decision making

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051908486     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206310391909     Document Type: Article

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