Industry change through vertical disintegration: How and why markets emerged in mortgage banking

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 465-498

  Jacobides, Michael G ^a  

^a LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 17444418832     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMJ.2005.17407912     Document Type: Review

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