Old structures, new relations: How community development credit unions define organizational boundaries

Sociological Forum

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 609-634

  Lune, Howard ^a   Martinez, Miranda ^b  

^a NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Credit unions; Neoinstitutionalism; Organizational field; Organizations; Population ecology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039938973     PISSN: 08848971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021699803554     Document Type: Article

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