Organizational and industrial response to market liberalization: The interaction of pace, incentive and capacity to change

Organization Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 917-948

  White, Steven ^a   Linden, Greg ^b  

^a INSEAD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Comparative research; Market liberalization; Organizational change; Poland; Television industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141483539     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840602236013     Document Type: Article

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