Globalization, postcolonial theory, and organizational analysis: Lessons from the Rwanda genocide

Critical Perspectives on International Business

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 389-409

  Long, Brad S ^a   Mills, Albert J ^b  

^a ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Genocide; Globalization; Rwanda

Indexed keywords

EID: 55349125356     PISSN: 17422043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17422040810915420     Document Type: Article

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