Counterfactual history, management and organizations: Reflections and new directions

Management and Organizational History

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-61

  Maielli, Giuliano ^a   Booth, Charles ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Counterfactuals; Future research; History; Management and organization studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 43849094627     PISSN: 17449359     EISSN: 17449367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1744935908090997     Document Type: Article

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