Emerging capability or continuous challenge? Relocating knowledge work and managing process interfaces

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1159-1193

  Manning, Stephan ^a   Hutzschenreuter, Thomas ^b   Strathmann, Alexander ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b WHU OTTO BEISHEIM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84884755464     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dts034     Document Type: Article

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