Technology Choice, Transaction Alignment, and Survival: The Impact of Sub-Population Organizational Structure

Advances in Strategic Management

Volumn 23, Issue , 2006, Pages 301-333

  Bigelow, Lyda S ^a  

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EID: 33745712450     PISSN: 07423322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0742-3322(06)23010-9     Document Type: Review

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