The Coevolution of New Organizational Forms in the Fashion Industry: A Historical and Comparative Study of France, Italy, and the United States

Organization Science

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 622-637

  Djelic, Marie Laure ^a   Ainamo, Antti ^b  

^a ESSEC BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^b HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Coevolution; Fashion industry; Historical perspective; New organization forms

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347468837     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.10.5.622     Document Type: Article

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