Managerial consensus and corporate strategy: Why do executive agree or disagree about corporate strategy?

European Management Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 213-221

  Ambrosini, Véronique ^a   Bowman, Cliff ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consensus; Corporate strategy; Managerial perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037381333     PISSN: 02632373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-2373(03)00016-1     Document Type: Article

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