A cross-cultural assessment of leading values in design-oriented companies

Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 379-398

  Calabretta, Giulia ^a   Montaña, Jordi ^a   Iglesias, Oriol ^a  

^a ESADE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cross cultural management; Design management; Organizational culture; Product design

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986180642     PISSN: 13527606     EISSN: 17586089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13527600810914166     Document Type: Article

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