Africa is just like every other place, in that it is unlike any other place

Africa Journal of Management

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 201-209

  Mellahi, Kamel ^a   Mol, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b Copenhagen Business School ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Africa; comparative; Strategic management

Indexed keywords

EID: 85012165908     PISSN: 23322373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/23322373.2015.1026761     Document Type: Article

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