Institutional persistence through gradual organizational adaptation: Analysis of national laboratories in the USA and Germany

Science and Public Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 450-463

  Hallonsten, Olof ^a   Heinze, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Germany; Institutional renewal; Organizational adaptation; Systems of national laboratories; Usa

Indexed keywords

INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; INSTITUTIONAL REFORM; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; POLITICAL ORGANIZATION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT;

GERMANY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871391967     PISSN: 03023427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scipol/scs047     Document Type: Article

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