Comparative Causal Analysis in Processual Strategy Research: A Study of Causal Mechanisms in Organizational Decline and Turnarounds

Advances in Strategic Management

Volumn 22, Issue , 2005, Pages 415-456

  Pajunen, Kalle ^a  

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EID: 33645905438     PISSN: 07423322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0742-3322(05)22014-4     Document Type: Review

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