How does TMT prior experience shape strategy? A routine-based framework based on evidence from founding teams

The Handbook of Research on Top Management Teams

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 189-213

  Miner, Anne S ^a   Gong, Yan ^b   Baker, Ted ^c   O'Toole, Jay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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