Constructing Global Firms? National, Transnational and Neocolonial Effects in International Management Consultancies

Organization Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 465-486

  Boussebaa, Mehdi ^a   Morgan, Glenn ^b   Sturdy, Andrew ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

institutional theory; management consulting; multinational corporations; postcolonial; transnational

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859831142     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840612443454     Document Type: Article

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