Hybridisation of business norms as intercultural dialogue: The case of two post-Soviet countries

Communist and Post-Communist Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 181-198

  Miazhevich, Galina ^a  

^a CHRIST CHURCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Belarus; Dialogue; Entrepreneurs; Estonia; Intercultural

Indexed keywords

EID: 65649148594     PISSN: 0967067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postcomstud.2009.04.008     Document Type: Article

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