Entrepreneurship in regulated markets: Framing contests and collective action to introduce pay tv in the U.S.

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1709-1739

  Gurses, Kerem ^a   Ozcan, Pinar ^b  

^a LUISS UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84975748971     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2013.0775     Document Type: Article

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