Cheating the fates: Organizational foundings in the wake of demise

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1017-1044

  Walsh, Ian J ^a   Bartunek, Jean M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 82255192952     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2008.0658     Document Type: Article

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