Working the system

International Studies of Management and Organization

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 62-95

  Boisot, Max ^a   Child, John ^b   Redding, Gordon ^c  

^a ESADE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c INSEAD   (France)

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EID: 79959928319     PISSN: 00208825     EISSN: 15580911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/IMO0020-8825410103     Document Type: Article

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