The evolution of organizational routines among large Western and Japanese firms

Research Policy

Volumn 31, Issue 8-9, 2002, Pages 1333-1348

  Massini, Silvia ^a   Lewin, Arie Y ^b,e   Numagami, Tsuyoshi ^c   Pettigrew, Andrew M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^e CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evolutionary economics; Organizational routines; Organizational structures and procedures

Indexed keywords

EID: 31244434414     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-7333(02)00067-7     Document Type: Article

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