The Coevolution of New Organizational Forms

Organization Science

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 535-550

  Lewin, Arie Y ^a   Long, Chris P ^a   Carroll, Timothy N ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coevolution; Exploitation; Exploration; New Organizational Forms

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033261731     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.10.5.535     Document Type: Article

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