Give me a two-by-two matrix and I will create the market: Rankings, graphic visualisations and sociomateriality

Accounting, Organizations and Society

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 565-586

  Pollock, Neil ^a   D'Adderio, Luciana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84869095781     PISSN: 03613682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aos.2012.06.004     Document Type: Article

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