Rebounding from disruptive events: Business recovery following the northridge earthquake

Sociological Spectrum

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 121-141

  Dahlhamer, James M ^a   Tierney, Kathleen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

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EID: 0040674736     PISSN: 02732173     EISSN: 15210707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02732173.1998.9982189     Document Type: Article

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