ISOMORPHISM IN CONTEXT: THE POWER AND PRESCRIPTION OF INSTITUTIONAL NORMS.
Academy of Management JournalPublished 1 February 1997
M. Tina Dacin
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To what extent do broadly based sociocultural norms affect the distribution of organizational characteristics within a population over time' Under what circumstances are institutional norms more im...
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