Incompetency training: Theory, practice, and remedies

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 279-293

  Woodside, Arch G ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Competitor oriented; Contexts; Deregulation; Evidence; Experience curve; Heuristics; HIV; Incompetency; Key success factor; Key success factors; Portfolio planning; Profit oriented; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855355046     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2011.10.025     Document Type: Article

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