Strategy-as-practice: A review and future directions for the field

International Journal of Management Reviews

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-95

  Jarzabkowski, Paula ^a   Spee, Andreas Paul ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 58149347600     PISSN: 14608545     EISSN: 14682370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2370.2008.00250.x     Document Type: Article

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