Process- versus function-based hierarchies

Journal of Economics and Management Strategy

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 453-487

  Rotemberg, Julio J ^a  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 0033476503     PISSN: 10586407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/105864099567721     Document Type: Article

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