Narrative networks: Patterns of technology and organization

Organization Science

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 781-795

  Pentland, Brian T ^a   Feldman, Martha S ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Information technology; Narrative; Organizational form; Organizational routines

Indexed keywords

EID: 53249142544     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1070.0283     Document Type: Article

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