The anatomy and causal structure of a corporate myth: Nokia by the book

Management and Organizational History

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 235-255

  Lamberg, Juha Antti ^a   Laukia, Arjo ^b   Ojala, Jari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

causality; corporate myth; history; Nokia; popular management literature; strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902287352     PISSN: 17449359     EISSN: 17449367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17449359.2013.862013     Document Type: Article

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