Offsetting illegitimacy? How pressures from securities analysts influence incumbents in the face of new technologies

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 213-233

  Benner, Mary J ^a   Ranganathan, Ram ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 84858381697     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2009.0530     Document Type: Article

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