On the theory of virtual organization

Systems Research and Behavioral Science

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 373-384

  Mowshowitz, Abbe ^a,b  

^a City University of New York   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abstractification of wealth; Commoditization of information; Metamanagement; Standardization; Switching; Virtual constructs; Virtual organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031280439     PISSN: 10927026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1743(199711/12)14:6<373::AID-SRES131>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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