The conditional nature of embeddedness: A study of borrowing by large U.S. firms, 1973-1994

American Sociological Review

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 310-333

  Mizruchi, Mark S ^a   Stearns, Linda Brewster ^b   Marquis, Christopher ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDITIONALITY; DEBT; DECISION MAKING; INTERNATIONAL AID; SOCIAL NETWORK;

EID: 33744723138     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000312240607100207     Document Type: Article

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