From streets to suites: How the anti-biotech movement affected German pharmaceutical firms

American Sociological Review

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 106-127

  Weber, Klaus ^a   Rao, Hayagreeva ^b   Thomas, L G ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMMERCIALIZATION; DECISION MAKING; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; PRIVATE SECTOR; SOCIAL MOVEMENT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 65449172767     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000312240907400106     Document Type: Article

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