The Seduction of Best Practice: Commentary on "Taking Strategy Seriously"

Journal of Management Inquiry

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 410-413

  Kaplan, Sarah ^a  

^a MCKINSEY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Best practice; Executive learning; Narrative; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344585476     PISSN: 10564926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1056492603258970     Document Type: Review

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