Management challenges in rapidly growing Lithuanian enterprises

Baltic Journal of Management

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 34-48

  Pundziene, Asta ^a   Kundrotas, Virginijus ^a   Lydeka, Zigmas ^a  

^a ISM UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMICS   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Lithuania; Management development; Organizational development

Indexed keywords

EID: 70149083104     PISSN: 17465265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17465260610640868     Document Type: Article

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