Project-based organizing and strategic management: A long-term research agenda on temporary organizational forms

Advances in Strategic Management

Volumn 28, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Cattani, Gino ^a   Ferriani, Simone ^a   Frederiksen, Lars ^a   Täube, Florian ^a  

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EID: 84886552835     PISSN: 07423322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/s0742-3322(2011)0000028004     Document Type: Review

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