Top management team strategic consensus, demographic homogeneity and firm performance: A report of resounding nonfindings

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 571-576

  West Jr , Clifford T ^a   Schwenk, Charles R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Strategic consensus; Top management teams

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS MODEL; DYNAMIC MODEL; EMPIRICAL RELATION; FIRM MANAGEMENT; FIRM STRATEGY; INDUSTRIAL FIRM; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; TOP MANAGEMENT;

MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0030374075     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0266(199607)17:7<571::aid-smj817>3.0.co;2-c     Document Type: Article

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