Organizing to adapt and compete

American Economic Journal: Microeconomics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 158-187

  Alonso, Ricardo ^a   Dessein, Wouter ^b   Matouschek, Niko ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b The Sanford C Bernstein Co Center for Leadership and Ethics   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84928894471     PISSN: 19457669     EISSN: 19457685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/mic.20130100     Document Type: Article

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