Unbundling the structure of inertia: Resource versus routine rigidity

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 741-763

  Gilbert, Clark G ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 27944482717     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMJ.2005.18803920     Document Type: Article

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