Organizational change and the economics of management consulting: A response to Sorge and van Witteloostuijn

Organization Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1873-1885

  Armbrster, Thomas ^a   Glckler, Johannes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF EICHSTÄTT INGOLSTADT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Consulting academia cooperation; Management consulting; Professional service firms; Rigour vs. relevance; Service economics

Indexed keywords

EID: 36649027619     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840607082221     Document Type: Article

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