Legitimacy vacuum, structural imprinting, and the first mover disadvantage

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1153-1174

  Dobrev, Stanislav ^a   Gotsopoulos, Aleksios ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77958560742     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2010.54533229     Document Type: Article

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