The myth of firm performance

Organization Science

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 948-964

  Chet Miller, C ^a   Washburn, Nathan T ^b   Glick, William H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b THUNDERBIRD SCHOOL OF GLOBAL MANAGEMENT   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Change; Concept measure mismatches; Firm performance; Legitimacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877973990     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1120.0762     Document Type: Article

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