Converging towards American dominance? Developments and structures of consultancy fields in Europe

Entreprises et Histoire

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 25-40

  Kipping, Matthias ^a   Furusten, Staffan ^b   Gammelsaeter, Hallgeir ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^c MOLDE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

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EID: 67749142055     PISSN: 11612770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3917/eh.033.0025     Document Type: Article

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