Africa: The New Frontier for Global Strategy Scholars

Global Strategy Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 3-9

  Mol, Michael J ^a,b   Stadler, Christian ^c   Ariño, Africa ^d  

^a Copenhagen Business School ^*  (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

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EID: 85012136642     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20425805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gsj.1146     Document Type: Editorial

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