Getting there: Exploring the role of expectations and preproduction delays in processes of organizational founding

Organization Science

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 132-149

  Lomi, Alessandro ^a,b   Larsen, Erik R ^a   Wezel, Filippo Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Delays; Feedback models; Organizational founding; Preproduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953709614     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1090.0437     Document Type: Article

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