Dealing with the uncertainties of environmental change by adding scenario planning to the strategy reformulation equation

Management Decision

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 113-122

  Walsh, Philip R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate strategy; Organizational change

Indexed keywords

EID: 19644401575     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740510572524     Document Type: Review

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