Organizational ecology: Past, present, and future directions

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1265-1286

  Amburgey, Terry L ^a   Rao, Hayagreeva ^a  

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EID: 0030305385     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/256999     Document Type: Review

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