Overcoming the Illegitimacy Discount: Cultural Entrepreneurship in the US Feature Film Industry

Organization Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1747-1776

  Zhao, Eric Yanfei ^a   Ishihara, Masakazu ^b   Lounsbury, Michael ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

attention; categories; cultural entrepreneurship; film industry; legitimacy; naming; reputation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888215968     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840613485844     Document Type: Article

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