Notes
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Henry Mintzberg is Cleghorn Professor of Management Studies at the Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University.
Dror Etzion is associate professor of strategy and organization at the Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University.
Saku Mantere is associate professor of strategy and organization at the Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University, and director of the Marcel Desautels Institute for Integrated Management.