Tackling design anew: Getting back to the heart of organizational theory

Academy of Management Perspectives

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 78-88

  Greenwood, Royston ^a   Miller, Danny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 78649288075     PISSN: 15589080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amp.2010.24.4.3655970.a     Document Type: Article

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