Building chains and directing flows: Strategies and tactics of mutual influence in stakeholder conflicts

Business and Society

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 68-101

  Zietsma, Charlene ^a   Winn, Monika I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Influence chains; Influence flows; Institutional theory; Longitudinal study; Stakeholder dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849174499     PISSN: 00076503     EISSN: 14678594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0007650307306641     Document Type: Article

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