Dynamics of organizational structure

Handbook of Economic Organization: Integrating Economic and Organization Theory

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 210-222

  Argyres, Nicholas ^a   Zenger, Todd R ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

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EID: 85013280879     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781782548225.00021     Document Type: Chapter

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