Selection at the gate: Difficult cases, spillovers, and organizational learning

Organization Science

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 796-812

  Stan, Mihaela ^a   Vermeulen, Freek ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Longitudinal research; Organizational capabilities; Organizational learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877964934     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1120.0763     Document Type: Article

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