Routines as multilevel mechanisms

Journal of Institutional Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 175-196

  Vromen, Jack J ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84856223226     PISSN: 17441374     EISSN: 17441382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1744137410000160     Document Type: Article

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