Metachoice for Strategic Analysis

European Management Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 605-618

  Vining, Aidan ^a   Meredith, Lindsay ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Discounted cash flow analysis; Metachoice; Multi goal analysis; Strategic choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346438875     PISSN: 02632373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-2373(00)00053-0     Document Type: Article

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