The resource dilemma of temporary organizations: A dynamic perspective on temporal embeddedness and resource discretion

Temporary Organizations: Prevalence, Logic and Effectiveness

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 201-219

  Bakker, René M ^a   Cambré, Bart ^a   Provan, Keith G ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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