The role of legitimacy for the survival of new firms

Journal of Management and Organization

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 412-427

  Brown, Richard S ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Legitimacy; Reputation; Start ups

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865547702     PISSN: 18333672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/jmo.2012.18.3.412     Document Type: Article

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