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Abstract:
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Twenty years have passed since Nelson and Winter (1982) proposed routines as the unit of
analysis of an evolutionary theory of economic change. Since then, the concept of routines
has been taken up widely in the economics and business literature. Many ambiguities and
open questions still persist, however. The article presents a review of the literature on routines
(mainly) since 1982, focussing on the questions 'What progress has been made in
understanding what routines are', and 'what are their roles in organisations and in the
economy?' |