International competitiveness and organizational change drivers anticipated by Estonian managers in the context of European integration

Baltic Journal of Management

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 305-318

  Elenurm, Tiit ^a  

^a ESTONIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Competitive strategy; Estonia; European union; Organizational change

Indexed keywords

EID: 49149096216     PISSN: 17465265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17465260710817500     Document Type: Article

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