Top management teams

Handbook of Top Management Teams

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 23-30

  Hambrick, Donald C ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85015389956     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230305335     Document Type: Chapter

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