Patterns of competition: The diffusion of a market position in radio broadcasting

Administrative Science Quarterly

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-60

  Greve, Henrich R ^a  

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EID: 0030306443     PISSN: 00018392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2393985     Document Type: Article

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