Precarious values and mundane innovations: Enrollment management in american liberal arts colleges

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1521-1545

  Kraatz, Matthew S ^a   Ventresca, Marc J ^b   Deng, Lina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79951875906     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2010.57319260     Document Type: Article

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