New technology and the emerging organizational paradigm

Human Relations

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1457-1486

  Kolodny, Harvey ^a   Liu, Michel ^b   Stymne, Bengt ^c   Denis, Hélène ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DAUPHINE   (France)

^c STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^d ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emerging paradigm; Flexible technology; International comparisons; Organization design; Organizational implementation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040055994     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001872679604901201     Document Type: Article

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