Promoting scholarship that matters: The uselessness of useful research and the usefulness of useless research

British Journal of Management

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-44

  Learmonth, Mark ^a   Lockett, Andy ^b   Dowd Kevin, ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84856865282     PISSN: 10453172     EISSN: 14678551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8551.2011.00754.x     Document Type: Article

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