What it means to be "critical" in relation to international business: A case of the appropriate conceptual lens

Critical Perspectives on International Business

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 79-90

  Carr, Adrian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Department of Organisation Studies and Applied Social Sciences ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Critical thinking; International business; Logic

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646891315     PISSN: 17422043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17422040610661271     Document Type: Article

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