Epistemic arbitrage: Transnational professional knowledge in action

Journal of Professions and Organization

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 49-64

  Seabrooke, Leonard ^a  

^a Copenhagen Business School ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

ecologies; epistemic arbitrage; financial reform; networks; professionals; transnational

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893901450     PISSN: 20518803     EISSN: 20518811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpo/jot005     Document Type: Review

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