Strategic change in UK telecommunications: Empirical evidence

European Management Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 99-109

  Lal, David ^a   Pitt, Douglas ^b   Strachan, Peter ^a  

^a ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

BT; Change initiatives; Cultural change; Strategic change; Structural change; UK telecommunications

Indexed keywords

EID: 0842346840     PISSN: 02632373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emj.2003.11.018     Document Type: Article

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