Are decisions "arbitrary" in our international business ranking study? A response to Harzing (2008)

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 691-695

  Xu, Shichun ^a   Yalcinkaya, Goksel ^b   Seggie, Steven H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ranking studies; Response

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249085997     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-008-9094-3     Document Type: Note

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