Funding financial inclusion: Institutional logics and the contextual contingency of funding for microfinance organizations

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 2103-2131

  Adam Cobb, J ^a   Wry, Tyler ^a   Zhao, Eric Yanfei ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85007379775     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2015.0715     Document Type: Conference Paper

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