Time to break up: Social and instrumental antecedents of firm exits from exchange cliques

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 499-520

  Rowley, Timothy J ^a,d   Greve, Henrich R ^b   Rao, Hayagreeva ^c,e   Baum, Joel A C ^a,d   Shipilov, Andrew V ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 18144371397     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMJ.2005.17407914     Document Type: Review

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