Strategy, structure and market turbulence: The international oil majors, 1970-1991

Scandinavian Journal of Management

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 165-188

  Grant, Robert M ^a   Cibin, Renato ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Oil industry; Organizational change; Restructuring; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030163364     PISSN: 09565221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0956-5221(95)00031-3     Document Type: Article

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