An ideological shift in Chandler's research assumptions: From American exceptionalism to transnational history

Journal of Management History

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 299-312

  Novicevic, Milorad M ^a   Humphreys, John ^b   Zhao, Duan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY COMMERCE   (United States)

^c CENTRAL CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Business history; Management history; Management philosophy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898467522     PISSN: 17511348     EISSN: 17587751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17511340910964153     Document Type: Article

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