Microfoundations for strategy: A goal-framing perspective on the drivers of value creation

Academy of Management Perspectives

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 85-102

  Foss, Nicolai J ^a   Lindenberg, Siegwart ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84888593631     PISSN: 15589080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amp.2012.0103     Document Type: Conference Paper

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