Causal social mechanisms; from the what to the why

Industrial Marketing Management

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 347-355

  Mason, Katy ^a   Easton, Geoff ^a   Lenney, Peter ^a  

^a Lancaster University   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

"Tragedy of commons"; Causal Social Mechanisms; Mid range theories; Milgram's "Small World"

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877802934     PISSN: 00198501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indmarman.2013.02.005     Document Type: Article

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