Adaptive organizations

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 956-995

  Dessein, Wouter ^a   Santos, Tano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; KNOWLEDGE; SPECIALIZATION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 33750942681     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/508031     Document Type: Article

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