Walking the walk as well as talking the talk: Replication and the normal science paradigm in strategic management research

Strategic Organization

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 283-296

  Mezias, Stephen J ^a   Regnier, Michael O ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84993727439     PISSN: 14761270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1476127007079958     Document Type: Article

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