When Limited Liability was (Still) an Issue: Mobilization and Politics of Signification in 19th-Century England

Organization Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 5-6, 2013, Pages 595-621

  Djelic, Marie Laure ^a  

^a ESSEC BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

corporate revolution; corporation and responsibility; limited liability; social movement and institutionalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878920733     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840613479223     Document Type: Article

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