A performative perspective on stability and change in organizational routines

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 727-752

  Feldman, Martha S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0041534386     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/12.4.727     Document Type: Article

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