Quasi-rational Organizational Responses: Functional and Cognitive Sources of Strategic Simplicity

Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 230-244

  Miller, Danny ^a,c   Toulouse, Jean Marie ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Ecl Hautes Etud Commerciales   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

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EID: 0032346640     PISSN: 08250383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1936-4490.1998.tb00164.x     Document Type: Article

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