Shell, siemens and DaimlerChrysler: Leading change in companies with strong values

Long Range Planning

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 467-484

  Stadler, Christian ^a   Hinterhuber, Hans H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

COLLECTIVE LEADERSHIP; CORE VALUES; DAIMLERCHRYSLER (CO); SHELL (CO); SIEMENS (CO);

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

CORPORATE STRATEGY; OIL INDUSTRY;

EID: 27744525542     PISSN: 00246301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lrp.2005.06.001     Document Type: Article

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