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The Dissemination of Management Innovations through Consultancy in the Interwar Period

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  • Alain Alcouffe

    (LIRHE - Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire de recherche sur les Ressources Humaines et l'Emploi - UT Capitole - Université Toulouse Capitole - UT - Université de Toulouse - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Marek Ćwiklicki

    (Katedra Metod Organizacji i Zarządzania - Katedra Metod Organizacji i Zarządzania - Uniw)

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The proposed paper present the results of investigation on the role and influence the consultancies and professional bodies in diffusion the scientific management in a consistent framework. It explains the diffusion of management innovation from the secondary center (France) to a periphery (Poland).

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  • Alain Alcouffe & Marek Ćwiklicki, 2012. "The Dissemination of Management Innovations through Consultancy in the Interwar Period," Working Papers hal-00841004, HAL.
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