Reconfiguring boundary relations: Robotic innovations in pharmacy work

Organization Science

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1448-1466

  Barrett, Michael ^a   Oborn, Eivor ^b   Orlikowski, Wanda J ^c   Yates, JoAnne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary relations; Digital; Health care; Innovation; Materiality; Pharmacy; Robots

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871635543     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1100.0639     Document Type: Article

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