Strategies as Discursive Constructions: The Case of Airline Alliances

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-35

  Vaara, Eero ^a   Kleymann, Birgit ^b   Seristö, Hannu ^b  

^a EMLYON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^b HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

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EID: 0442275831     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2004.00419.x     Document Type: Review

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