Industry Identity in an Oligopolistic Market and Firms' Responses to Institutional Pressures

Organization Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1803-1834

  Dhalla, Rumina ^a   Oliver, Christine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

industry identity; institutional pressures; oligopoly behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888227652     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840613483809     Document Type: Article

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