Managing paradoxes in strategic decision-making

International Journal of Management and Decision Making

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 708-724

  Parnell, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT PEMBROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Art; Bottom up; Consistency; Decision making; Flexibility; Science; Strategy; Top down

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751318461     PISSN: 14624621     EISSN: 17415187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMDM.2006.011078     Document Type: Article

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