Coordinated exploration for grand challenges: The role of advocacy groups in search consortia

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 2232-2255

  Olsen, Anders Ording ^a   Sofka, Wolfgang ^a   Grimpe, Christoph ^a  

^a Copenhagen Business School ^*  (Denmark)

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EID: 85007390977     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2015.0730     Document Type: Article

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