The Social Construction of Reputation: Certification Contests, Legitimation, and the Survival of Organizations in the American Automobile Industry: 1895–1912

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1 S, 1994, Pages 29-44

  Rao, Hayagreeva ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

certification; contests; legitimation; Reputation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84989092289     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.4250150904     Document Type: Article

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