Fail better! Samuel Beckett's secrets of business and branding success

Business Horizons

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 161-169

  Brown, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business success; Entertainment economy; Failing better; Samuel Beckett; Serendipity

Indexed keywords

EID: 31644439706     PISSN: 00076813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bushor.2005.08.004     Document Type: Article

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