Source and patterns of organizational defiance of formal institutions: Insights from nollywood, the nigerian movie industry

Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 56-74

  Uzo, Uchenna ^a   Mair, Johanna ^b  

^a PAN ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b HERTIE SCHOOL OF GOVERNANCE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Embeddedness; Informal economy; Informal institutions; Institutional ambiguity; Institutional complexity; Organizational defiance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897609279     PISSN: 19324391     EISSN: 1932443X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sej.1171     Document Type: Article

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