Strategy practice and strategy process: Family differences and the sociological eye

Organization Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1575-1586

  Whittington, Richard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Practice; Process; Sociology; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348888401     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840607081557     Document Type: Article

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