Artifacts at the centre of routines: Performing the material turn in routines theory

Journal of Institutional Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 197-230

  Dadderio, Luciana ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Advanced Institute of Management Research (AIM)   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84856233068     PISSN: 17441374     EISSN: 17441382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S174413741000024X     Document Type: Article

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