Dynamics of organizational responses to competition

Social Forces

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1261-1297

  Baum, Joel A C ^a   Singh, Jitendra V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NONE

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EID: 0040747654     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sf/74.4.1261     Document Type: Article

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