Routines as shock absorbers during organizational transformation: Integration, control, and NASA's enterprise information system

Organization Science

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 551-572

  Berente, Nicholas ^a   Lyytinen, Kalle ^b   Yoo, Youngjin ^b   King, John Leslie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Control; Enterprise information system; Integration; NASA; Organizational routines; Shock absorbers

Indexed keywords

EID: 85019399359     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/ORSC.2016.1046     Document Type: Article

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