Sustainability in strategic management education: The quest for new root metaphors

Academy of Management Learning and Education

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 413-428

  Audebrand, Luc K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 77956928826     PISSN: 1537260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMLE.2010.53791824     Document Type: Article

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