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Karl Polanyi on strategy: the effects of culture, morality and double-movements on embedded strategy

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Karl Polanyi on strategy: the effects of culture, morality and double-movements on embedded strategy. / Faulconbridge, James Robert; Muzio, Daniel.
In: Critical Perspectives on Accounting, Vol. 73, No. December 2020, 102171 , 01.12.2020.

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Faulconbridge JR, Muzio D. Karl Polanyi on strategy: the effects of culture, morality and double-movements on embedded strategy. Critical Perspectives on Accounting. 2020 Dec 1;73(December 2020):102171 . Epub 2020 Mar 31. doi: 10.1016/j.cpa.2020.102171

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Faulconbridge, James Robert ; Muzio, Daniel. / Karl Polanyi on strategy : the effects of culture, morality and double-movements on embedded strategy. In: Critical Perspectives on Accounting. 2020 ; Vol. 73, No. December 2020.

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