Moving forward: Developing theoretical contributions in management studies

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 995-1022

  Cornelissen, Joep P ^a   Durand, Rodolphe ^b,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c HEC PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Analogy; Counterfactuals; Management research; Theoretical contribution; Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905592360     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joms.12078     Document Type: Article

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