CHALLENGER: FINE‐TUNING THE ODDS UNTIL SOMETHING BREAKS

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 319-340

  Starbuck, William H ^a   Milliken, Frances J ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84980258612     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.1988.tb00040.x     Document Type: Article

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