Ranking business schools: Forming fields, identities and boundaries in international management education

Ranking Business Schools: Forming Fields, Identities and Boundaries in International Management Education

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  Wedlin, Linda ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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