Routines and other recurring action patterns of organizations: Contemporary research issues

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 653-698

  Cohen, Michael D ^a   Burkhart, Roger ^b   Dosi, Giovanni ^c   Egidi, Massimo ^d   Marengo, Luigi ^d   Warglien, Massimo ^d,f   Winter, Sidney ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b DEERE AND COMPANY   (United States)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

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EID: 0001038212     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/5.3.653     Document Type: Article

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