Meta-paradigm change and the theory of the firm

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 533-583

  Nightingale, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

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KNOWLEDGE; PARADIGM SHIFT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 45149083599     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtn016     Document Type: Article

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