Open Access - the Wrong Response to a Complex Question: The Case of the Finch Report

British Journal of Management

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 147-155

  Baruch, Yehuda ^a,b   Ghobadian, Abby ^c   Özbilgin, Mustafa ^d,e,f  

^a NEOMA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^b MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DAUPHINE   (France)

^f KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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EID: 84877027122     PISSN: 10453172     EISSN: 14678551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8551.12016     Document Type: Editorial

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