Making strategic choices

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 67-96

  Nutt, Paul C ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0036408197     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6486.00283     Document Type: Article

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