Organizing time: Internationalization narratives of executive managers

International Business Review

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 136-150

  Middleton, Stuart ^a   Liesch, Peter W ^a   Steen, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Concept association; Internationalization; Narrative; Time

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952441313     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2010.07.007     Document Type: Article

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