Quantitative methods in strategy-as-practice research

Cambridge Handbook of Strategy as Practice, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 520-544

  Laamanen, Tomi ^a   Reuter, Emmanuelle ^a   Schimmer, Markus ^a   Ueberbacher, Florian ^a   Guerra, Xena Welch ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

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DOI: 10.1017/CCO9781139681032.031     Document Type: Chapter

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