Inscribed strategies: Exploring the organizational nature of strategic lock-in

Organization Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 337-363

  Koch, Jochen ^a  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY VIADRINA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mechanism inscription; Organizational context; Organizational path; Path dependence; Pattern inscription; Strategic lock in

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952257676     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840610397486     Document Type: Article

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