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Causality rules: Performance feedback on hierarchically related goals and capital investment variability

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Causality rules: Performance feedback on hierarchically related goals and capital investment variability. / Mazzelli, Ambra; Nason, Robert S.; De Massis, Alfredo Vittorio et al.
In: Journal of Management Studies, Vol. 56, No. 8, 01.12.2019, p. 1630-1654.

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Mazzelli, A, Nason, RS, De Massis, AV & Kotlar, J 2019, 'Causality rules: Performance feedback on hierarchically related goals and capital investment variability', Journal of Management Studies, vol. 56, no. 8, pp. 1630-1654. https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.12432

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Mazzelli, A., Nason, R. S., De Massis, A. V., & Kotlar, J. (2019). Causality rules: Performance feedback on hierarchically related goals and capital investment variability. Journal of Management Studies, 56(8), 1630-1654. https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.12432

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Mazzelli A, Nason RS, De Massis AV, Kotlar J. Causality rules: Performance feedback on hierarchically related goals and capital investment variability. Journal of Management Studies. 2019 Dec 1;56(8):1630-1654. Epub 2019 Jan 7. doi: 10.1111/joms.12432

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Mazzelli, Ambra ; Nason, Robert S. ; De Massis, Alfredo Vittorio et al. / Causality rules : Performance feedback on hierarchically related goals and capital investment variability. In: Journal of Management Studies. 2019 ; Vol. 56, No. 8. pp. 1630-1654.

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