Strategic decision-making: Process perspectives

International Journal of Management Reviews

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-20

  Elbanna, Said ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

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EID: 33645685225     PISSN: 14608545     EISSN: 14682370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2370.2006.00118.x     Document Type: Review

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