Economic behavior in institutional environments: The corporate merger wave of the 1980s

American Sociological Review

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 699-718

  Stearns, Linda Brewster ^a   Allan, Kenneth D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE BEHAVIOUR; INDUSTRIAL TRENDS; MERGER WAVE;

USA;

EID: 0030439567     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2096400     Document Type: Article

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