Hitting the jackpot (or not): An attempt to extract value in Philadelphia's casino controversy

Organization

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 583-597

  Calvano, Lisa ^a   Andersson, Lynne ^b  

^a FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

case study; community; gambling industry; stakeholder conflict; value extraction

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956334325     PISSN: 13505084     EISSN: 14617323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350508410372619     Document Type: Article

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