On the Causality and Cause of Returns to Organizational Status: Evidence from the Grands Crus Classés of the Médoc

Administrative Science Quarterly

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 271-300

  Malter, Daniel ^a  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

conspicuous consumption; grand cru; organizational status; quality signals; reputation; wine classification of 1855

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899883906     PISSN: 00018392     EISSN: 19303815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0001839214532428     Document Type: Article

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