The rise and fall of yukos: A case study of success and failure in an unstable institutional environment

Journal of Change Management

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 275-292

  Dixon, Sarah ^a   Day, Marc ^b  

^a BRADFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Institutional theory; Non market strategies; Organizational change; Political resources; Resource based view; Yukos

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960598366     PISSN: 14697017     EISSN: 14791811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14697017.2010.493293     Document Type: Article

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