Graduates as strategic change agents in small firms: a case study of graduate placements and lifelong learning

Strategic Change

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 59-69

  Jones, Anne ^a   Woods, Adrian ^a   Coles, Anne Marie ^a   Rein, Melanie ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 10944225704     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10991697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsc.501     Document Type: Article

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