Strategic decisions and implementation: Prodin™, a prospective dialectic interpersonal method

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 211-220

  Bergadaà, Michelle ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b ESSEC BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

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EID: 0033148084     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0148-2963(97)00225-7     Document Type: Article

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