How late should johnny-come-lately come?

Long Range Planning

Volumn 46, Issue 4-5, 2013, Pages 369-386

  Lévesque, Moren ^a   Minniti, Maria ^b   Shepherd, Dean ^c  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY ASSETS; INDIRECT EFFECTS;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING; FINANCE;

DECISION THEORY;

DECISION ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; MARKET CONDITIONS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84883451456     PISSN: 00246301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lrp.2013.06.004     Document Type: Article

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