Managing Legitimacy in Complex and Heterogeneous Environments: Sustainable Development in a Globalized World

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  2013

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  Journal of Management Studies

• Publication date

  2013-03-01

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  Business, Economics, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/JOMS.12014
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