Perceptions of generic strategies of small and medium sized engineering and electronics manufacturers in the UK: The applicability of the Miles and Snow typology

Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 603-620

  O'Regan, Nicholas ^a   Ghobadian, Abby ^b  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business performance; Corporate strategy; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS PERFORMANCE; CORPORATE STRATEGY; SMALL TO MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES; STRATEGIC ORIENTATION TYPOLOGY;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; PERFORMANCE; PRODUCT DESIGN; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURE;

EID: 33744513641     PISSN: 1741038X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410380610668540     Document Type: Article

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