Exploring the Greek national business system: Towards a modernization agenda

EuroMed Journal of Business

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 7-22

  Psychogios, Alexandros G ^a   Szamosi, Leslie T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (Greece)

Author keywords

Business policy; Greece; Organizational culture; Public administration

Indexed keywords

EID: 51849149378     PISSN: 14502194     EISSN: 1758888X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14502190710749929     Document Type: Article

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