Multiple category memberships in markets: An integrative theory and two empirical tests

American Sociological Review

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 150-169

  Hsu, Greta ^a   Hannan, Michael T ^b,c   Koçak, Özgecan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SABANCI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; MARKET;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65449161277     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000312240907400108     Document Type: Article

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