Business crisis and management fashion: Korean companies, restructuring and consulting advice

Asia Pacific Business Review

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 355-373

  Wright, Christopher ^a   Kwon, Seung Ho ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Knowledge diffusion; Korea; Management consultants; Management fashion; Restructuring

Indexed keywords

CRISIS MANAGEMENT; ECONOMIC REFORM; INDUSTRIAL RESTRUCTURING; KNOWLEDGE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA;

EID: 33745065436     PISSN: 13602381     EISSN: 1743792X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13602380600597034     Document Type: Article

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