Management consultancies and organizational innovation in Europe

Innovation and Entrepreneurial Networks in Europe

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 61-80

  Kipping, Matthias ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84911089070     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203873007     Document Type: Chapter

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