Strategic uncertainty and environmental scanning: The case for institutional influences on scanning behavior

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 287-302

  Elenkov, Detelin S ^a  

^a ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bulgaria; Constraints; Environmental; Scanning; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001330082     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0266(199704)18:4<287::AID-SMJ865>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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