Strategy without ontology

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 285-291

  Powell, Thomas C ^a  

^a Australian Graduate School of Management   (Australia)

Author keywords

Competitive advantage; Empiricism; Ontology; Pragmatism; Strategy

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; PERFORMANCE; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS; STRATEGY RESEARCH;

STRATEGIC PLANNING;

EID: 0037373305     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.284     Document Type: Note

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