Organizational foundings in community context: Instruments manufacturers and their interrelationship with other organizations

Administrative Science Quarterly

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 381-419

  Audia, Pino G ^a,c   Freeman, John H ^a   Reynolds, Paul Davidson ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 33846315504     PISSN: 00018392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2189/asqu.51.3.381     Document Type: Article

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