Identity and difference in complex projects: Why boundaries still matter in the “boundaryless” organization

Managing Boundaries in Organizations: Multiple Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 55-75

  Marshall, Nick ^a,b  

^a Complex Product Systems Innovation Centre ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1057/9780230512559_4     Document Type: Chapter

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