The limited relevance of culture to strategy

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 421-428

  Singh, Kulwant ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Asia; Culture; Practice; Strategy; Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548473836     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-007-9057-0     Document Type: Article

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