From entity to process: Toward more process-based theorizing in the field of organizational change

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From entity to process: Toward more process-based theorizing in the field of organizational change. / Wenzel, Matthias; Koch, Jochen.
In: Journal of Accounting and Organizational Change, Vol. 14, No. 1, 05.03.2018, p. 80-98.

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