Applying organizational routines in analyzing the behavior of organizations

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 128-148

  Becker, Markus C ^a   Zirpoli, Francesco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Innovation process; New product development; Organization behavior; Organizational routines

Indexed keywords

EID: 40849094138     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2007.04.002     Document Type: Article

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