Developing codes of conduct: Regulatory conversations as means for detecting institutional change

Law and Policy

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 460-492

  Jonnergård, Karin ^a   Larsson, Ulf ^a  

^a School of Management and Economics   (Sweden)

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EID: 34648823379     PISSN: 02658240     EISSN: 14679930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9930.2007.00263.x     Document Type: Article

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