International business and management studies as an orientalist discourse: A postcolonial critique

Critical Perspectives on International Business

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 91-113

  Westwood, Robert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Business studies; International business; Organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646891968     PISSN: 17422043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17422040610661280     Document Type: Article

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