Archetypes of organizational success and failure

BAR - Brazilian Administration Review

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 78-100

  Fleck, Denise L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Corporate growth; Healthy longevity of organizations; Organizational archetypes; Theory building

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950580093     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18077692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1807-76922009000200002     Document Type: Article

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