Management fashion: Lifecycles, triggers, and collective learning processes

Administrative Science Quarterly

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 708-740

  Abrahamson, Eric ^a   Fairchild, Gregory ^a  

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EID: 0033235154     PISSN: 00018392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2667053     Document Type: Article

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