Improvisation and the logic of exchange in socially embedded transactions

Administrative Science Quarterly

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 442-473

  McGinn, Kathleen L ^a   Keros, Angela T ^a  

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EID: 0036770346     PISSN: 00018392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3094847     Document Type: Article

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