Dynamic decision making: A model of senior leaders managing strategic paradoxes

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1592-1623

  Smith, Wendy K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

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EID: 84918535365     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2011.0932     Document Type: Article

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