Crossvergence 10 years on: Impact and further potential

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 47-52

  Witt, Michael A ^a  

^a INSEAD   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Change; Coevolution; Comparative business systems; Crossvergence; Culture; Ideology

Indexed keywords

EID: 38049177292     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400332     Document Type: Article

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