Doing research in the (New) middle east: Sailing with the wind

Academy of Management Perspectives

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 6-21

  Zahra, Shaker A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 84856164011     PISSN: 15589080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amp.2011.0128     Document Type: Article

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