Bridging history and reductionism: A key role for longitudinal qualitative research

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 591-601

  Burgelman, Robert A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

grounded theorizing; historical methods; qualitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959254808     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2011.12     Document Type: Review

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