Strategic decision-making processes: The role of management and context

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 115-147

  Papadakis, Vassilis M ^a   Lioukas, Spyros ^b   Chambers, David ^a  

^a LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Politics; Rationality; Strategic decision making; Strategic decisions; Top management

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001591614     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0266(199802)19:2<115::AID-SMJ941>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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