An organizational assessment of interfirm coordination modes

Organization Studies

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 897-925

  Grandori, Anna ^a  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coordination mechanisms; Interfirm networks; Organization economics; Organization theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040652192     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/017084069701800601     Document Type: Review

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