Towards Common Ground and Trading Zones in Management Research and Practice

British Journal of Management

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 544-559

  Romme, A Georges L ^a   Avenier, Marie José ^b   Denyer, David ^c   Hodgkinson, Gerard P ^d   Pandza, Krsto ^e   Starkey, Ken ^f   Worren, Nicolay ^g  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b PÔLE UNIVERSITAIRE LÉONARD DE VINCI   (France)

^c CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^g BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

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EID: 84948744207     PISSN: 10453172     EISSN: 14678551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8551.12110     Document Type: Article

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