The economics and sociology of management consulting

The Economics and Sociology of Management Consulting

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1-249

  Armbrüster, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511488467     Document Type: Book

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