Category signaling and reputation

Organization Science

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 584-600

  Negro, Giacomo ^a   Hannan, Michael T ^b   Fassiotto, Magali ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alsace; Categories; Organization theory; Reputation; Signaling; Sociology of markets; Wine industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930463593     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.2014.0935     Document Type: Article

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