Sir George Simpson: 19th century fur trade governor and precursor of systematic management

Management Decision

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 278-292

  Spraakman, Gary ^a   Margret, Julie ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chief executives; Management history

Indexed keywords

EID: 20344407537     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740510581975     Document Type: Article

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