Issues in empirical field studies of organizational routines

Handbook of Organizational Routines

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 281-300

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

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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