From plan to plant: Effects of certification on operational start-up in the emergent independent power sector

Organization Science

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 578-594

  Sine, Wesley D ^a   David, Robert J ^b   Mitsuhashi, Hitoshi ^c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alternative energy; Certification; Entrepreneurship; Institutional theory; Legitimacy; New organizational forms

Indexed keywords

EID: 53149093900     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1070.0300     Document Type: Article

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