An exploration of the Chief Executive Officers' (CEOs) perception of strategic management process: The case of British high tech SMEs

Corporate Ownership and Control

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 62-69

  Karami, Azhdar ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business strategy; CEO; SME sector; Strategic management

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645751592     PISSN: 17279232     EISSN: 18103057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22495/cocv2i4p5     Document Type: Article

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