Beyond planning: Strategies for successfully implementing strategic decisions

Long Range Planning

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 201-218

  Miller, Susan ^a   Wilson, David ^b   Hickson, David ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c BRADFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; MANAGERS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

MANAGERIAL ACTION; STRATEGIC DECISIONS;

STRATEGIC PLANNING;

DECISION MAKING; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 2942633512     PISSN: 00246301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lrp.2004.03.003     Document Type: Article

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