Managing Industry Reputation: The Dynamic Tension Between Collective And Competitive Reputation Management Strategies

Corporate Reputation Review

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-55

  Winn, Monika I ^a   MacDonald, Patricia ^b   Zietsma, Charlene ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

collective strategy; competitive strategy; industry legitimacy crisis; institutional change; reputation management; reputational interdependence

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650851223     PISSN: 13633589     EISSN: 14791889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/crr.2008.4     Document Type: Article

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