Business and management research in the UK from 1900 to 2009 and beyond

Challenges and Controversies in Management Research

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 30-55

  Morris, Huw ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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