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| Tekijä: | Mahajan, V. Sharma, S. Bettis, R. A. |
| Otsikko: | The adoption of the M-form organization structure : a test of imitation hypothesis. |
| Lehti: | Management Science
1988 : OCT, VOL. 34:10, p. 1188-1201 |
| Asiasana: | ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE |
| Kieli: | eng |
| Tiivistelmä: | The study of organizational adoption of administrative innovation has been generally guided by the imitation hypothesis. This hypothesis states that, within a relevant population of firms, an innovation is first adopted by a select few innovators who communicate and influence others to adopt it resulting in a predictable diffusion pattern. Using data on the adoption of the M-form organizational structure, reexamined is this hypothesis. The result brings into question the appropriateness of the imitation hypothesis. |
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