The co-consumption of management ideas and practices

Management Learning

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 139-147

  Heusinkveld, Stefan ^a   Sturdy, Andrew ^b   Werr, Andreas ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

co consumption; co production; management fashions; management ideas

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955123485     PISSN: 13505076     EISSN: 14617307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350507610394580     Document Type: Article

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