Cohesion, power, and fragmentation: Some theoretical observations based on a historical case

Research in the Sociology of Organizations

Volumn 40, Issue , 2014, Pages 199-217

  Mizruchi, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Business history; Cohesion; Corporations; Networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901397316     PISSN: 0733558X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S0733-558X(2014)0000040010     Document Type: Article

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