Entering a dialogue: Positioning case study findings towards theory

British Journal of Management

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 373-387

  Ridder, Hans Gerd ^a   Hoon, Christina ^a   McCandless Baluch, Alina ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84897957172     PISSN: 10453172     EISSN: 14678551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8551.12000     Document Type: Article

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