Organization and Systems Design: Theory of Deferred Action

Organization and Systems Design: Theory of Deferred Action

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1-253

  Patel, Nandish V ^a  

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DOI: 10.1057/9780230625419     Document Type: Book

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