Matching communities and hierarchies within the firm

Journal of Management and Governance

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 27-48

  Cohendet, Patrick ^a   Creplet, Frédéric ^a   Diani, Morad ^a   Dupouët, Olivier ^a   Schenk, Eric ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LOUIS PASTEUR   (France)

^b INSA DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Coherence of the firm; Communities; Hierarchies; Organizational knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 3843060142     PISSN: 13853457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:MAGO.0000015398.17610.35     Document Type: Article

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