Ecological uncertainty, adaptation, and mitigation in the U.S. ski resort industry: Managing resource dependence and institutional pressures

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1507-1525

  Tashman, Pete ^a   Rivera, Jorge ^b  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adaptation; institutional theory; mitigation; resource dependence theory; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

NATURAL RESOURCES; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; RECREATIONAL FACILITIES; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ADAPTATION; INSTITUTIONAL THEORY; MITIGATION; RESOURCE DEPENDENCES; UNCERTAINTY;

ECOLOGY;

EID: 84928963771     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.2384     Document Type: Article

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