Micro Foundation of Organizational Learning: Group Learning

  • Linda Argote
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Cisco Systems, Inc. successfully acquired many software firms with 50–100 employees (Wysocki, 1997). Cisco paid a premium for the firms—on the order of two million dollars per employee. Why is Cisco paying so much for these firms? According to Wysocki

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Knowledge Sharing Group Decision Organizational Learning Group Learning Divergent Thinking 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Linda Argote
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  1. 1.Tepper School of BusinessCarnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburghUSA

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