Social ontology and the dynamics of organizational forms: Creating market actors in the healthcare field, 1966-1994

Social Forces

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1403-1432

  Ruef, Martin ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0033240213     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sf/77.4.1403     Document Type: Article

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