Configurations revisited

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 505-512

  Miller, Danny ^a,b  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Configuration; Organizational simplicity; Taxonomy; Typology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000625996     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0266(199607)17:7<505::aid-smj852>3.0.co;2-i     Document Type: Article

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