Theorizing process through punctuated longitudinal case study research

Rethinking the Case Study in International Business and Management Research

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 277-297

  Soulsby, Anna ^a   Clark, Ed ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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