Organizations undertaking complex projects in uncertain environments

Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 119-135

  Barr, Jason ^a   Hanaki, Nobuyuki ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Decision making; Environmental complexity; Information processing; Organizational structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 57149140302     PISSN: 1860711X     EISSN: 18607128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11403-007-0025-z     Document Type: Article

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