Competition and beyond: Problems and attention allocation in the organizational rulemaking process

Organization Science

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 432-450

  Sullivan, Bilian Ni ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bounded rationality; Organizational adaptation; Organizational attention; Organizational learning; Rulemaking

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957002021     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1090.0436     Document Type: Article

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