Measuring organizational flexibility: An exploration and general model

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 23-38

  Phillips, Fred ^a   Tuladhar, Sugandha D ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MODELING; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK;

EID: 0033916085     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1625(99)00077-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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