Adoption of virtual organization by Taiwanese electronics firms: An empirical study of organization structure innovation

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 184-200

  Lin, Liang Hung ^a   Lu, Iuan Yuan ^b  

^a FORTUNE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Communication technologies; Innovation; Taiwan; Virtual organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 17744379174     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09534810510589598     Document Type: Article

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