Routines and incentives: The role of communities in the firm

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 271-297

  Cohendet, Patrick ^a   Llerena, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LOUIS PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; CORPORATE STRATEGY; LEARNING; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK;

EID: 0038556836     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/12.2.271     Document Type: Article

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