Environmental Uncertainty and Product-Process Life Cycles: A Multi-level Interpretation of Change Over Time

ABSTRACT Product‐process life cycle models are often used to describe long‐term change in organizations. Such models generally assume a deterministic trajectory of long‐run industry evolution and production core transformation that lead to standardization over time. Typical interpretations of these...

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Published in:Journal of management studies 2003-03, Vol.40 (2), p.513-541
Main Authors: John, Caron H. St, Pouder, Richard W., Cannon, Alan R.
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Life cycles
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Life cycles
Management theory
Organization
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Organizational change
Organizations
Product life cycle
Standardization
Uncertainty
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