Message and medium: The role of consulting firms in globalization and its local interpretation

Globalization and Institutions: Redefining the Rules of the Economic Game

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 83-107

  McKenna, Christopher ^a   Djelic, Marie Laure ^b   Ainamo, Antti ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ESSEC BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

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EID: 84896144686     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781781950012.00014     Document Type: Chapter

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