How issues become (re)constructed in the media: Discursive practices in the AstraZeneca merger

British Journal of Management

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 123-140

  Hellgren, B ^a   Lowstedt J ^b   Puttonen, L ^c   Tienari, J ^d   Vaara, E ^c   Werr, A ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^c HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^d LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

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EID: 0036624244     PISSN: 10453172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8551.00227     Document Type: Article

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