Governance at points of corporate transition: Networks and the formation of the United Alkali Company, 1890-1895

Enterprise and Society

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 315-352

  Popp, Andrew ^a,b  

^a ROYAL HOLLOWAY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33646820640     PISSN: 14672227     EISSN: 14672235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/es/khj047     Document Type: Review

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