Learning from my success and from others' failure: Evidence from minimally invasive cardiac surgery

Management Science

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2435-2449

  Diwas, K C ^a   Staats, Bradley R ^b   Gino, Francesca ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Attribution theory; Failure; Healthcare; Knowledge work; Learning; Quality

Indexed keywords

ATTRIBUTION THEORY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; INDIVIDUAL LEVELS; KNOWLEDGE WORK; LEARNING; MINIMALLY INVASIVE CARDIAC SURGERY; ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING;

COMPUTER SYSTEM RECOVERY; HEALTH CARE; IMAGE QUALITY; MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE;

CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY;

EID: 84888865872     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.2013.1720     Document Type: Article

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