Firm and industry as determinants of executive perceptions of the environment

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 793-807

  Sutcliffe, Kathleen M ^a,c   Huber, George P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental interpretation; Environmental perception; Sensemaking

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002782573     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0266(199808)19:8<793::AID-SMJ980>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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