Strategic flexibility: Organizational preparedness to reverse ineffective strategic decisions

Academy of Management Executive

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 44-59

  Shimizu, Katsuhiko ^a   Hitt, Michael A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 11044231162     PISSN: 10795545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AME.2004.15268683     Document Type: Review

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