Making design rules: A multidomain perspective

Organization Science

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 179-189

  Brusoni, Stefano ^a,b   Prencipe, Andrea ^c,d  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b Silvio Tronchetti Provera Foundation   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Design rules; Dynamic multiple networks; Modularity; Tire manufacturing; Tires

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645569840     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1060.0180     Document Type: Article

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