Terminating institutionalized termination: Why SEMATECH became more than a temporary system

Advances in Strategic Management

Volumn 28, Issue , 2011, Pages 147-186

  Müller Seitz, Gordon ^a   Sydow, Jörg ^a  

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EID: 84860377984     PISSN: 07423322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S0742-3322(2011)0000028010     Document Type: Review

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