That vision thing: Do we need it?

Long Range Planning

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 368-376

  Raynor, Michael E ^a,b  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Braxton Associates   (United States)

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EID: 0006793052     PISSN: 00246301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-6301(98)80004-6     Document Type: Article

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