The evolution of collective strategy frames in high- and low-velocity industries

Organization Science

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 688-710

  Nadkarni, Sucheta ^a   Narayanan, V K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal maps; Clockspeed; Cognitive construction; Collective strategy frames; Industry velocity

Indexed keywords

EID: 61349179557     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1070.0268     Document Type: Article

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