Social movements as extra-institutional entrepreneurs: The effect of protests on stock price returns

Administrative Science Quarterly

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 413-442

  King, Brayden G ^a   Soule, Sarah A ^b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology

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EID: 38049011416     PISSN: 00018392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2189/asqu.52.3.413     Document Type: Article

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