The dynamics of interrelated routines: Introducing the cluster level

Organization Science

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 698-721

  Kremser, Waldemar ^a   Schreyögg, Georg ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complementarity; Innovation; Interdependence; Interrelatedness; Path dependence; Qualitative research; Routine

Indexed keywords

EID: 85019399595     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.2015.1042     Document Type: Article

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