Opening the black box of "corporate culture" in law and economics

Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 80-96

  Langevoort, Donald C ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 33645507245     PISSN: 09324569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1628/093245606776166679     Document Type: Article

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