Management consultancies as global change agents? Evidence from Italy

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 570-589

  Crucini, Cristina ^a   Kipping, Matthias ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Consultancy; Influence; Information; Italy; Management

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035604703     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/EUM0000000006143     Document Type: Article

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