Identity ambiguity and change in the wake of a corporate spin-off

Administrative Science Quarterly

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 173-208

  Corley, Kevin G ^a   Gioia, Dennis A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 12744255450     PISSN: 00018392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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