Return on assets loss from situational and contingency misfits

Management Science

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1461-1485

  Burton, Richard M ^a   Lauridsen, Jørgen ^b   Obel, Børge ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Complexity theory; Contingency theory; Misfit; Organizational design; Strategy implementation

Indexed keywords

COSTS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERFORMANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

COMPLEXITY THEORY; CONTINGENCY MISFIT; ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN; SITUATIONAL MISFIT;

MANAGEMENT SCIENCE;

EID: 0036871449     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.48.11.1461.262     Document Type: Article

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