Managerial activities: A missing link in managerial discretion theory

Strategic Organization

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 237-248

  Finkelstein, Sydney ^a   Peteraf, Margaret A ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 84993740411     PISSN: 14761270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1476127007079975     Document Type: Article

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