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Reconceptualizing Organizational Routines as a Source of Flexibility and Change Author(s): Martha S. Feldman and Brian T. Pentland Source: Administrative Science Quarterly, Vol. 48, No. 1 (Mar., 2003), pp. 94-118 Published by: Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University Stable URL: /stable/3556620 Accessed: 10/11/2009 21:23 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTORs Terms and Conditions of Use, available at /page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp. JSTORs Terms and Conditions of Use provides, in part, that unless you have obtained prior permission, you may not download an entire issue of a journal or multiple copies of articles, and you may use content in the JSTOR archive only for your personal, non-commercial use. Please contact the publisher regarding any further use of this work. Publisher contact information may be obtained at /action/showPublisher?publisherCode=cjohn. Each copy of any part of a JSTOR transmission must contain the same copyright notice that appears on the screen or printed page of such transmission. JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@. Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Administrative Science Quarterly. Reconceptualizing In this paper, we challenge the traditional understanding Organizational Routines of organizational routines as creating inertia in organiza- as a Source of Flexibility tions. We adapt Latours distinction between ostensive and perfor