A comparison of journal submissions to the UK's Research Assessment Exercises 1996 and 2001 for UoA 43 (Business and Management Studies)

European Management Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 402-417

  Bence, Valerie ^a   Oppenheim, Charles ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business and management studies; Journal submissions; Management research; Research assessment exercise

Indexed keywords

EID: 4744359157     PISSN: 02632373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emj.2004.06.009     Document Type: Article

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