Do all roads lead to Rome... or berlin? The evolution of intra- and inter-organizational routines in the machine-building industry

Organization Studies

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 639-665

  Delmestri, Giuseppe ^a  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contingency theory; Functional equivalence; Institutional theory; Management fashions; Putting out; Societal effect approach; Sub supply

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040083089     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/017084069801900405     Document Type: Article

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