Managerial cognition, action and the business model of the firm

Management Decision

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 789-809

  Tikkanen, Henrikki ^a   Lamberg, Juha Antti ^b   Parvinen, Petri ^b   Kallunki, Juha Pekka ^c  

^a HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cognition; Corporate strategy; Evolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 21344459655     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740510603565     Document Type: Article

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