Reframing the Past: Thoughts about Business Leadership and Decision Making under Uncertainty

Enterprise and Society

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 632-659

  Lamoreaux, Naomi R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 85011454501     PISSN: 14672227     EISSN: 14672235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1467222700005292     Document Type: Article

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