Keeping Steady as She Goes: A Negotiated Order Perspective on Technological Evolution

Organization Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 681-703

  Dokko, Gina ^a   Nigam, Amit ^b   Rosenkopf, Lori ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

negotiated order; standardization; technical standards setting committees; technological evolution; technology cycles

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873865754     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840612443624     Document Type: Article

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