The Use of Archival Proxies in Strategic Management Studies: Castles Made of Sand?

Organizational Research Methods

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 32-42

  Ketchen, David J ^a   Ireland, R Duane ^b   Baker, LaKami T ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

construct validation procedures; content validity; measurement design; research design; strategic management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873695696     PISSN: 10944281     EISSN: 15527425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1094428112459911     Document Type: Article

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