Organizational mortality in European and American automobile industries part I: Revisiting the effects of age and size

European Sociological Review

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 279-302

  Hannan, Michael T ^a   Carroll, Glenn R ^b   Dobrev, Stanislav D ^b   Han, Joon ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0039758226     PISSN: 02667215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.esr.a018240     Document Type: Article

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