The influence of routine interdependence and skillful accomplishment on the coordination of standardizing and customizing

Organization Science

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 759-781

  Spee, Paul ^a   Jarzabkowski, Paula ^b   Smets, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnography; Flexibility; Interdependence; Practice; Professional service routines; Reinsurance; Skillful accomplishment; Standardization

Indexed keywords

EID: 85019420798     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.2016.1050     Document Type: Article

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