Overcoming stickiness: An empirical investigation of the role of the template in the replication of organizational routines

Managerial and Decision Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 6-7, 2004, Pages 347-363

  Szulanski, Gabriel ^a   Jensen, Robert J ^b  

^a INSEAD   (Singapore)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 13244253820     PISSN: 01436570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mde.1195     Document Type: Article

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