Using history in organizations: How managers make purposeful reference to history in strategy processes

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 8-26

  Brunninge, Olof ^a  

^a JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Business continuity; History; Multinational companies; Organizational change; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 58849155093     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09534810910933889     Document Type: Article

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