Imitating uniqueness: How big cities organize big events

Organization Studies

Volumn 21, Issue , 2000, Pages 1-27

  Pipan, Tatiana ^a   Porsander, Lena ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Action net; Big events; Hybrid organization; Organizing big cities; Translation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040956378     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840600210002     Document Type: Article

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