Management consultants as improvising agents of stability

Scandinavian Journal of Management

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 264-274

  Furusten, Staffan ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Agents of stability; Improvisation; Management consulting; Uncertainty reduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 68449089887     PISSN: 09565221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scaman.2009.05.009     Document Type: Article

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