From Levitt to the global age: One more time, how do we define our business?

Management Decision

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 99-115

  Sá, Jorge A Vasconcellos e ^a   Olão, Fátima ^a   Pereira, Magda ^a  

^a Alameda Combatentes Da Grande Guerra   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Organizations; Risk management

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751606402     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251741111094464     Document Type: Article

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