Strategy and chronotopes: A Bakhtinian perspective on the construction of strategy narratives

Management (France)

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 593-604

  Vaara, Eero ^a,b,c   Reff Pedersen, Anne ^c  

^a HANKEN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^b EMLYON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^c Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

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EID: 84894070238     PISSN: 12864892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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