A framework for applying organizational routines in empirical research: Linking antecedents, characteristics and performance outcomes of recurrent interaction patterns

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 817-846

  Becker, Markus C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LOUIS PASTEUR   (France)

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EID: 27744552746     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dth072     Document Type: Review

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