Fragmentation and the Other Problems CEOs Have with Their Top Management Teams

California Management Review

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 110-127

  Hambrick, Donald C ^a  

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EID: 84968107667     PISSN: 00081256     EISSN: 21628564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/41165801     Document Type: Article

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