Tackling the "Galàcticos" effect: Team familiarity and the performance of star-studded projects

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1629-1662

  Cattani, Gino ^a   Ferriani, Simone ^b,c   Mariani, Marcello M ^b   Mengoli, Stefano ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITION; ECONOMIC THEORY; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84896994179     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtt001     Document Type: Article

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