Corporate oxymorons and the anthropology of corporations

Dialectical Anthropology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 95-102

  Foster, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Branding; Corporate form; Propaganda; Shareholder capitalism; Value creation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950692053     PISSN: 03044092     EISSN: 15730786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10624-009-9126-5     Document Type: Article

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