Who leaves, where to, and why worry Employee mobility, entrepreneurship and effects on source firm performance

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 65-87

  Campbell, Benjamin A ^a   Ganco, Martin ^b   Franco, April M ^c   Agarwal, Rajshree ^d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

complementary assets; employee mobility; entrepreneurship; professional service firms; strategic human capital

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY ASSETS; EMPLOYEE MOBILITY; ENTREPRENEURSHIP; HUMAN CAPITALS; PROFESSIONAL SERVICES;

EARNINGS;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 81055156293     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.943     Document Type: Article

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