Real options logic revisited: The performance effects of alternative resource allocation regimes

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 221-241

  Klingebiel, Ronald ^a   Adner, Ron ^b  

^a FRANKFURT SCHOOL OF FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 84923822352     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2012.0703     Document Type: Article

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