Strategy-as-practice research at a crossroads

Management (France)

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 547-565

  Rouleau, Linda ^a  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Knowledge project; Metaphors; Practice; Strategy as practice research; Theoretical and methodological challenges

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894073286     PISSN: 12864892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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