Organizational differences in rates of learning: Evidence from the adoption of minimally invasive cardiac surgery

Management Science

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 752-768

  Pisano, Gary P ^a   Bohmer, Richard M J ^a   Edmondson, Amy C ^a  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Learning Curves; Organizational Learning; Process Improvement

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; DATA REDUCTION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING;

HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0035381974     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.47.6.752.9811     Document Type: Article

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