Business School Mission Statements - The Bland Leading the Bland?

Long Range Planning

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 481-604

  Davies, Stuart W ^a   Glaister, Keith W ^a  

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EID: 0002113099     PISSN: 00246301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0024-6301(97)00038-1     Document Type: Article

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