Beyond acceptance and resistance: Entrepreneurial change agency responses in policy implementation

British Journal of Management

Volumn 24, Issue S3, 2013, Pages

  Mcdermott, Aoife M ^a   Fitzgerald, Louise ^b   Buchanan, David A ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84881506350     PISSN: 10453172     EISSN: 14678551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8551.12012     Document Type: Article

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