(AC)Counting research: The value of a holistic understanding

Challenges and Controversies in Management Research

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 174-191

  Humphrey, Christopher ^a   Lukka, Kari ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

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