Strategy tools as boundary objects

Strategic Organization

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 223-232

  Spee, Paul Andreas ^a   Jarzabkowski, Paula ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 65449156444     PISSN: 14761270     EISSN: 1741315X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1476127009102674     Document Type: Article

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