Strategic planning - A comparison of high and low technology manufacturing small firms

Technovation

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1107-1117

  O'Regan, Nicholas ^a   Ghobadian, Abby ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culture; High technology; Leadership; Performance; Strategic planning

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; DATA REDUCTION; LIFE CYCLE; MANUFACTURE; PERFORMANCE; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURE; HIGH TECHNOLOGY; LEADERSHIP;

STRATEGIC PLANNING;

EID: 13644260783     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4972(03)00091-9     Document Type: Article

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