What's "new" about new forms of organizing?

Academy of Management Review

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 162-180

  Puranam, Phanish ^a   Alexy, Oliver ^b   Reitzig, Markus ^c  

^a INSEAD   (France)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

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EID: 84899017610     PISSN: 03637425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amr.2011.0436     Document Type: Article

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