Operationalizing the concept of value - An action research-based model

Learning Organization

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 300-332

  Näslund, Dag ^a   Olsson, Annika ^b   Karlsson, Sture ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Tetra Pak AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Action research; Learning organizations; Value added

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646066264     PISSN: 09696474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09696470610661135     Document Type: Article

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