The infrastructure of collective action and policy content diffusion in the organic food industry

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1247-1269

  Lee, Brandon H ^a  

^a LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 73949114874     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMJ.2009.47084925     Document Type: Article

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