Virtual and real boundaries of growth firms: Office space and implications of outsourcing and mergers and acquisition

Journal of Facilities Management

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 110-119

  Dettwiler, Paul ^a  

^a ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acquisitions and mergers; Business cycles; Office layout; Organizational development; Outsourcing; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957595506     PISSN: 14725967     EISSN: 17410983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14725960810872631     Document Type: Article

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