Comprehensiveness versus pragmatism: Consensus at the Japanese-Dutch interface

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1349-1370

  Noorderhaven, Niels G ^a   Benders, Jos ^b   Keizer, Arjan B ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

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EID: 36849004868     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2007.00712.x     Document Type: Article

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