What I See, What I Do: How Executive Hubris Affects Firm Innovation

Journal of Management

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1698-1723

  Tang, Yi ^a   Li, Jiatao ^b   Yang, Hongyan ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

environmental factors; executive hubris; firm innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938354769     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206312441211     Document Type: Article

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