Integrating transaction cost and institutional theories: Toward a constrained-efficiency framework for understanding organizational design adoption

Academy of Management Review

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 346-373

  Roberts, Peter W ^a   Greenwood, Royston ^a  

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EID: 0031495471     PISSN: 03637425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMR.1997.9707154062     Document Type: Article

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