Professional interests and strategic flexibility: A political perspective on organizational contracting

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 577-586

  Goodstein, Jerry ^a   Boeker, Warren ^b   Stephan, John ^c  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Boards; Contracting; Governance; Professions; Strategy

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS MODEL; FIRM STRATEGY; SUBCONTRACTING;

MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0030352833     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0266(199607)17:7<577::aid-smj828>3.0.co;2-r     Document Type: Article

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