The Platform Organization: Recombining Strategies, Structures, and Surprises

Organization Science

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 103-118

  Ciborra, Claudio U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Change; Structure; Surprises; Tinkering

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030548713     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.7.2.103     Document Type: Article

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