Examining the interrelationships among perceived environmental change, strategic response, managerial characteristics, and organizational performance

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 58-68

  Strandholm, Karen ^a   Kumar, Kamalesh ^a   Subramanian, Ram ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEARBORN   (United States)

^b GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Managerial characteristics; Strategic adaptation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346899294     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0148-2963(02)00285-0     Document Type: Article

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