Writing history for business: The development of business history between 'old' and 'new' production of knowledge

Management and Organizational History

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 123-143

  Ponzoni, Elena ^a   Boersma, Kees ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

boundary object; commissioned research; corporate history; knowledge production; the book; valorization narrative

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958206272     PISSN: 17449359     EISSN: 17449367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1744935910364050     Document Type: Article

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