Efficiency motives and normative forces: Combining transactions costs and institutional logic

Journal of Management

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 75-96

  Martinez, Richard J ^a   Dacin, M Tina ^b  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0033474483     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014920639902500104     Document Type: Article

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