Radical strategic change in the global professional network: The "big Five" 1999-2001

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 451-468

  Brock, David M ^a   Powell, Michael J ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Accounting firms; Change management; Organizational change

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944572734     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09534810510614940     Document Type: Review

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