Strategic consensus and performance: The role of strategy type and market-related dynamism

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 339-357

  Homburg, Christian ^a   Krohmer, Harley ^a   Workman Jr , John P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Differentiation strategy; Strategic consensus; Strategy implementation; Top management teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000530099     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0266(199904)20:4<339::AID-SMJ29>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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