States, power, legitimacy, and maintaining institutional control: The battle for private sector telecommunication services in zimbabwe

Organization Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 489-508

  Goodstein, Jerry D ^a,c   Velamuri, S Ramakrishna ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHINA EUROPE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (China)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Institutional theory; Legitimacy; Maintaining institutional control; State power; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

EID: 65949116172     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840609104395     Document Type: Article

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