Strategic scanning and interpretation revisiting: Foundations for a software agent support system -Part 1: Understanding the concept and context of strategic scanning

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 295-312

  Liu, Shuhua ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; MANAGEMENT; PERFORMANCE; SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

INTERPRETATION REVISITING; SOFTWARE AGENT SUPPORT SYSTEM; STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT; STRATEGIC SCANNING;

STRATEGIC PLANNING;

EID: 0032308782     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02635579810241764     Document Type: Article

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