Alternate configurations in strategic decision making

The Handbook of Research on Top Management Teams

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 15-34

  Jones, Carla D ^a   Cannella Jr , Albert A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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