Crises, scenarios and the strategic management process

Management Decision

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 721-736

  Pollard, David ^a   Hotho, Sabine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Strategic management; Strategic planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745090866     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740610673297     Document Type: Article

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