Defining the genre of the "case write-up"

Journal of Business Communication

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 103-133

  Forman, Janis ^a,c   Rymer, Jone ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Association for Business Communication

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EID: 0041619111     PISSN: 00219436     EISSN: 15524582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002194369903600201     Document Type: Article

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