Credit and classification: The impact of industry boundaries in nineteenth-century America

Administrative Science Quarterly

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 486-520

  Ruef, Martin ^a   Patterson, Kelly ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

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EID: 70349764559     PISSN: 00018392     EISSN: 19303815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2189/asqu.2009.54.3.486     Document Type: Conference Paper

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