When do interlocks matter? Institutional logics and the diffusion of multiple corporate governance practices

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 846-864

  Shipilov, Andrew ^a   Greve, Henrich ^a   Rowley, Timothy ^b  

^a INSEAD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 77955701809     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2010.52814614     Document Type: Article

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