Projects of passion: Lessons for strategy from temporary art

Advances in Strategic Management

Volumn 28, Issue , 2011, Pages 501-527

  Svejenova, Silviya ^a   Pedersen, Jesper Strandgaard ^a   Vives, Luis ^a  

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EID: 84886537317     PISSN: 07423322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S0742-3322(2011)0000028022     Document Type: Article

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