Explanations of success and failure in management learning: What Canwe learn from nokia's rise and fall?

Academy of Management Learning and Education

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 2-25

  Laamanen, Tomi ^a   Lamberg, Juha Antti ^b   Vaara, Eero ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

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EID: 84962910498     PISSN: 1537260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amle.2013.0177     Document Type: Review

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