Using information-processing theory to understand planning/performance relationships in the context of strategy

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 567-577

  Rogers, Patrick R ^a   Miller, Alex ^b   Judge, William Q ^b  

^a NC Agric/Technical State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Banking; Information processing; Miles and snow; Strategic content; Strategic planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001212016     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0266(199906)20:6<567::AID-SMJ36>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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