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Leading the Business: The Criticality of Global Leaders' Cognitive Complexity in Setting Strategic Directions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2015

Lisa Dragoni*
Affiliation:
Cornell University
Kristie McAlpine
Affiliation:
Cornell University
*
E-mail: ld284@cornell.edu, Address: Cornell University, 164 Ives Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853-3901
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