What is organizational imprinting? Cultural entrepreneurship in the founding of the Paris opera

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 97-127

  Johnson, Victoria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 34547688900     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/517899     Document Type: Article

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