Path dependencies in project-based organizing: Evidence from television production in Germany

Journal of Media Business Studies

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 123-139

  Sydow, Jörg ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flexibility; Inertia; Path dependence; Project management; Television

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007788591     PISSN: 16522354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16522354.2009.11073498     Document Type: Article

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