Innovations as catalysts for organizational change: Shifts in organizational cognition and search

Administrative Science Quarterly

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 54-80

  Greve, Henrich R ^a   Taylor, Alva ^a  

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EID: 0034339382     PISSN: 00018392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2666979     Document Type: Article

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