Strategy as guided evolution

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 875-896

  Lovas, Bjorn ^a   Ghoshal, Sumantra ^a  

^a LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate strategy; Human and social capital; Role of top management; Strategy and evolution; Strategy process

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040436932     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0266(200009)21:9<875::AID-SMJ126>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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