Modes of interorganizational imitation: The effects of outcome salience and uncertainty

Administrative Science Quarterly

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 472-500

  Haunschild, Pamela R ^b   Miner, Anne S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031232357     PISSN: 00018392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2393735     Document Type: Article

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