Explaining Complex Organizational Dynamics

Organization Science

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 358-372

  Dooley, Kevin J ^a   Van De Ven, Andrew H ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Innovation; Organizational Change; Process Theory; Research Methods; Time Series

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033465037     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.10.3.358     Document Type: Article

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