Journal rankings and the ABS journal quality guide

Management Decision

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1441-1451

  Morris, Huw ^a   Harvey, Charles ^b   Kelly, Aidan ^c  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business studies; General management; Serials

Indexed keywords

EID: 72049109709     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740910995648     Document Type: Article

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