On the Genesis of Organizational Forms: Evidence from the Market for Disk Arrays

Organization Science

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 661-682

  McKendrick, David G ^a   Carroll, Glenn R ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Disk drive arrays; Form emergence; Identity; Organizational form; Technological change

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035634928     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.12.6.661.10083     Document Type: Article

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