How to detect a management fad - And distinguish it from a classic

Business Horizons

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 7-16

  Miller, Danny ^a,c   Hartwick, Jon ^b   Le Breton Miller, Isabelle ^a,d  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN IMMUNOLOGY AND CANCER   (Canada)

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EID: 3042561278     PISSN: 00076813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0007-6813(04)00043-6     Document Type: Article

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