Virtual organizing as a strategy for the "Big Six" to stay competitive in a global market

Journal of Strategic Information Systems

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 167-181

  Sieber, Pascal ^a   Griese, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Big Six; Coopers Lybrand; Lead Advisor Principle; Virtual organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041373691     PISSN: 09638687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0963-8687(98)00026-2     Document Type: Article

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