Toward an institutional ecology of organizational founding

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1378-1427

  Baum, Joel A C ^a   Oliver, Christine ^a  

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EID: 0030305356     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/257003     Document Type: Article

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