The "learning trap": A Bollywood frame for strategic learning

Management Decision

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1344-1362

  Minocha, Sonal ^a   Stonehouse, George ^b  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Napier University Business School   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Learning; Learning organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750997596     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740610715687     Document Type: Article

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