The globalization of management consultancy firms: Constraints and limitations

Knowledge Intensive Business Services: Organizational Forms and National Institutions

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 236-264

  Morgan, Glenn ^a   Sturdy, Andrew ^b   Quack, Sigrid ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c WZB BERLIN SOCIAL SCIENCE CENTER   (Germany)

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EID: 34247854388     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781847201751.00018     Document Type: Chapter

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