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This study empirically tested the contingency relationship between strategy and structure proposed by Chandler and others with hypotheses linking the probability, timing, and magnitude of changes i...
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Foot (prosody)Dynamics (music)Strategic planningOrganizational changePsychologyOperations managementEconomicsPublic relationsManagementPolitical sciencePhilosophy
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- 1994
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- article
- Volume
- 37
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 1427-1452
- Citations
- 171
- Access
- Closed
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Terry L. Amburgey,
Tina Dacin
(1994).
AS THE LEFT FOOT FOLLOWS THE RIGHT? THE DYNAMICS OF STRATEGIC AND STRUCTURAL CHANGE..
Academy of Management Journal
, 37
(6)
, 1427-1452.
https://doi.org/10.2307/256794
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- 10.2307/256794