The Role of Funding Bodies in the Creation and Diffusion of Management Fads and Fashions

Organization

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 97-120

  Newell, Sue ^a   Swan, Jacky ^b   Kautz, Karlheinz ^c  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

Author keywords

funding bodies; innovation; knowledge creation; management fashions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990323732     PISSN: 13505084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/135050840181006     Document Type: Article

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