Governance form and organizational adaptation: Lessons from the savings and loan industry in the 1980s

Organization Science

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 850-868

  Moore, James H ^a   Kraatz, Matthew S ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaption; Governance; Institutions; Learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960877745     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1100.0579     Document Type: Article

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