Punctuated generosity: How mega-events and natural disasters affect corporate philanthropy in U.S. Communities

Administrative Science Quarterly

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 111-148

  Tilcsik, András ^a   Marquis, Christopher ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Communities; Corporate philanthropy; Institutional theory; Mega events; Natural disasters; Punctuated equilibrium

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876435246     PISSN: 00018392     EISSN: 19303815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0001839213475800     Document Type: Article

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