From a distance and generalizable to up close and grounded: Reclaiming a place for qualitative methods in international business research

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 573-581

  Birkinshaw, Julian ^a   Brannen, Mary Yoko ^b   Tung, Rosalie L ^c  

^a LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b INSEAD   (Canada)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 79959197981     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2011.19     Document Type: Review

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