Living up to expectations: Corporate reputation and persistence of firm performance

Strategy Science

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 2-11

  Cabral, Luís ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Persistence of firm performance; Reputation; Resource based approach

Indexed keywords

EID: 85032469684     PISSN: 23332050     EISSN: 23332077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/stsc.2015.0002     Document Type: Article

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