Team and organizational resources, strategic orientations, and firm performance in a transitional economy

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1344-1351

  Lau, Chung Ming ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Institutions; Managerial cognition; Slack resources; Social network; Strategic orientation; Transitional economy

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052903130     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2011.01.001     Document Type: Article

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