Enacting overlapping markets constructing the identity of shares in investment banking

Journal of Cultural Economy

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-18

  Winroth, Karin ^a   Blomberg, Jesper ^b   Kjellberg, Hans ^b  

^a SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Analysts; Boundary object; Construction of identity; Financial markets; Traders

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960522930     PISSN: 17530350     EISSN: 17530369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17530351003617529     Document Type: Article

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