Historicism in narrative reviews of strategic management research

Journal of Management History

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 334-347

  Novicevic, Milorad M ^a   Harvey, Michael G ^a,b   Buckley, M Ronald ^c   Adams, Garry L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Management research; Narratives; Strategic management

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053456724     PISSN: 17511348     EISSN: 17587751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17511340810893090     Document Type: Article

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