Decay, shock, and renewal: Operational routines and process entropy in the pharmaceutical industry

Organization Science

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1700-1716

  Anand, Gopesh ^a   Gray, John ^b   Siemsen, Enno ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquisitions; Mergers; Operational routines; Process entropy; Quality control

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872391645     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1110.0709     Document Type: Article

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