Strategy, practice, and the dynamics of power

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 121-126

  Horton, Keith S ^a  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Management information systems; Power; Strategy development

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037310133     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0148-2963(01)00284-3     Document Type: Article

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