Great, Madama butterfly again! How robust market identity shapes opera repertoires

Organization Science

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 109-126

  Jensen, Michael ^a   Kim, Bo Kyung ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Audiences; Category; Competition; Identity; Niche width; Opera and arts; Robust; Status

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893392258     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.2013.0836     Document Type: Article

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