Organizing at and beyond the limits

Organization Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 541-566

  Farjoun, Moshe ^a,c   Starbuck, William H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accidents; Capabilities; Cognition; Innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247210709     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840607076584     Document Type: Article

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