Manifesto for a post-colonial international business and management studies: A provocation

Critical Perspectives on International Business

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 246-265

  Westwood, R I ^a   Jack, Gavin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culture; Epistemology; International business; Knowledge based management systems; Research methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547506155     PISSN: 17422043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17422040710775021     Document Type: Article

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