Strategic information and strategic decision making: The EIS/CEO interface in smaller manufacturing companies

Information and Management

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 487-495

  Walters, Bruce A ^a   Jiang, James J ^b   Klein, G ^c  

^a LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental scanning; Executive information systems

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; DECISION MAKING; MANUFACTURE; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

EXECUTIVE INFORMATION SYSTEMS (EIS);

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0037411124     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-7206(02)00063-0     Document Type: Article

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