Event Attention, Environmental Sensemaking, and Change in Institutional Logics: An Inductive Analysis of the Effects of Public Attention to Clinton's Health Care Reform Initiative

Amit Nigam
Amit Nigam
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Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University, New York, New York 10012
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William Ocasio
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Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208
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Amit Nigam

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Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University, New York, New York 10012

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William Ocasio

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Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208

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Published Online:30 Dec 2009https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.1090.0490

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