Market, Hierarchy, and Trust: The Knowledge Economy and the Future of Capitalism

Organization Science

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 215-234

  Adler, Paul S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Capitalism; Hierarchy; Knowledge; Market; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346882171     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.12.2.215.10117     Document Type: Article

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