Evaluative schemas and the attention of critics in the US film industry

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 467-496

  Hsu, Greta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; SERVICE SECTOR;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745686499     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtl009     Document Type: Article

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