Limits to bureaucratic growth: The density dependence of organizational rule births

Administrative Science Quarterly

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 845-876

  Schulz, Martin ^a  

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EID: 0032218713     PISSN: 00018392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2393618     Document Type: Article

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