Creative self-destruction among organizations: An empirical study of technical innovation and organizational failure in the American automobile industry, 1885-1981

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 619-644

  Carroll, Glenn R ^a   Teo, Albert C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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EID: 0000268555     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/5.2.619     Document Type: Review

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