Technology adoption: Organizational learning in oil firms

Organization Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1095-1118

  Woiceshyn, Jaana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Oil industry; Organizational learning; Technology adoption processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040183937     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840600216004     Document Type: Article

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