Analyzing Sequence Data: Optimal Matching in Management Research

Organizational Research Methods

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 51-76

  Biemann, Torsten ^a   Datta, Deepak K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

optimal matching; sequence data

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893618579     PISSN: 10944281     EISSN: 15527425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1094428113499408     Document Type: Article

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