China and Estonia in flux: Is this a valid basis for comparison of their approaches to change management?;Kinija ir Estija: Ar yra svarbus pagrindas jų metodų palyginimui pakeisti vadybą?

Engineering Economics

Volumn 2, Issue 62, 2009, Pages 18-27

  Alas, Ruth ^a   Sharifi, Sudi ^b   Sun, Wei ^a  

^a ESTONIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Estonia; Institutionalization; Organizational change

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349977074     PISSN: 13922785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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