Embeddedness, social identity and mobility: Why firms leave the NASDAQ and join the New York stock exchange

Administrative Science Quarterly

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 268-292

  Rao, Hayagreeva ^a   Davis, Gerald F ^a   Ward, Andrew ^a  

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EID: 0034339090     PISSN: 00018392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2667072     Document Type: Article

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