Legitimating agencies in the face of selection: The case of AACSB

Organization Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 165-196

  Durand, Rodolphe ^a   McGuire, Jean ^b  

^a HEC PARIS   (France)

^b John Molson School of Business   (Canada)

Author keywords

Domain expansion; Institutional theory; Legitimating agency; Selection theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 26844530199     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840605049465     Document Type: Article

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