Organizational hostility: Why and how nonmarket players compete with firms

Academy of Management Perspectives

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 74-92

  Markman, Gideon D ^a   Waldron, Theodore L ^b   Panagopoulos, Andreas ^c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

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EID: 84960870475     PISSN: 15589080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amp.2014.0101     Document Type: Article

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