An Archaeological Critique of 'Evidence-based Management': One Digression After Another

British Journal of Management

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 529-543

  Morrell, Kevin ^a   Learmonth, Mark ^b   Heracleous, Loizos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84949107324     PISSN: 10453172     EISSN: 14678551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8551.12109     Document Type: Article

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