A process model of strategic business exit: Implications for an evolutionary perspective on strategy

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL. SUMMER, 1996, Pages 193-214

  Burgelman, Robert A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

evolution; Exit; Process; Strategy

Indexed keywords

CASE STUDY; DYNAMIC MODEL; DYNAMICAL STORAGE; EVOLUTION; FIRM STRATEGY; ORGANIZATION MANAGEMENT;

ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; RANDOM ACCESS STORAGE;

STRATEGIC PLANNING;

EID: 0030372946     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.4250171012     Document Type: Article

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