Taking the mess back to business: Studying international business from behind

Critical Perspectives on International Business

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 42-54

  Hansen, Gard Hopsdal ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

China; International business; Qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849132048     PISSN: 17422043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17422040810849758     Document Type: Article

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