Balancing and rebalancing in the creation and evolution of organizational control

Organization Science

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Cardinal, Laura B ^a   Sitkin, Sim B ^b   Long, Chris P ^c  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Control; Entrepreneurial organizations; Founding; Longitudinal

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344627574     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1040.0084     Document Type: Review

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