The value of international business archives: The importance of the archives of multinational companies in shaping cultural identity

Archival Science

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 215-225

  Deserno, Ineke ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Access; Business archives; Corporate archives; Corporate memory; Corporate transparency; Cultural identity; Multinational companies

Indexed keywords

EID: 85068306640     PISSN: 13890166     EISSN: 15737519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10502-009-9106-1     Document Type: Article

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