Implementing strategic decisions: Four key success factors

Organization Studies

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 577-602

  Miller, Susan ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Decision success; Implementation; Performance; Strategic decision making; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039466309     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/017084069701800402     Document Type: Article

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