Recommendations for using the case study method in international business research

Qualitative Report

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 370-388

  Vissak, Tiia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Case studies; International business; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 77349113390     PISSN: 10520147     EISSN: 21603715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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