The persistence of lenient market categories

Organization Science

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1415-1431

  Pontikes, Elizabeth G ^a   Barnett, William P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Categories; Classification; Leniency; Market entry; Market evolution; Market exit; Markets; Organizations; Software

Indexed keywords

EID: 84997840918     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.2015.0973     Document Type: Article

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