The economic efficiency of corporate culture
Strategic Management JournalPublished 1 January 1988
Colin F. Camerer, A.P.J. Vepsäläinen
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It is explained how culture can be economical, and when different types of cultures will flourish, and it is suggested when they will flourish.
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Corporate culture is a set of broad, tacitly understood rules which tell employees what to \ndo under a wide variety of unimaginable circumstances. We explain how culture can be \neconomical, and suggest when different types of cultures will flourish.
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Social SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance
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