Toward the Flexible Form: How to Remain Vital in Hypercompetitive Environments

Organization Science

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 359-374

  Volberda, Henk W ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Flexibility; Hypercompetitive Environments; Organizational Form; Revitalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030494687     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.7.4.359     Document Type: Article

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