Laughing with the gurus

Business Strategy Review

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 10-18

  Greatbatch, David ^a   Clark, Timothy ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 2442542306     PISSN: 09556419     EISSN: 14678616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8616.00217     Document Type: Article

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