The Evolution of Corporate Political Action: A Framework for Processual Analysisx

Business & Society

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 335-365

  Lamberg, Juha Antti ^a   Skippari, Mika ^b   Eloranta, Jari ^c   Mäkinen, Saku ^b  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

corporate political action; historical analysis; industry evolution; paper and pulp industry; process theory; strategic management

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944521338     PISSN: 00076503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0007650304272241     Document Type: Article

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