Business perception of contextual changes: Sources and impediments to organizational learning

Business and Society

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 387-407

  Antal, Ariane Berthoin ^a   Dierkes, Meinolf ^a   Hahner, Katrin ^a  

^a WZB BERLIN SOCIAL SCIENCE CENTER   (Germany)

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EID: 12444257025     PISSN: 00076503     EISSN: 14678594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000765039703600404     Document Type: Article

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