Strategic schemas, strategic flexibility, and firm performance: The moderating role of industry clockspeed

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 243-270

  Nadkarni, Sucheta ^a   Narayanan, V K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Industry clockspeed; Strategic flexibility; Strategic schemas

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; PRODUCTIVITY; SAMPLING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

STRATEGIC FLEXIBILITY; STRATEGIC SCHEMAS;

STRATEGIC PLANNING;

EID: 33847239949     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.576     Document Type: Article

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