Research on organizational configurations: Past accomplishments and future challenges

Journal of Management

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1053-1079

  Short, Jeremy C ^a   Payne, G Tyge ^a   Ketchen Jr , David J ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Archetypes; Generic strategies; Organizational configurations; Organizational forms; Strategic groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 56049104953     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206308324324     Document Type: Article

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