Do stable strategic time periods exist? Towards new methodological and theoretical insights

Managerial and Decision Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 171-180

  De La Fuente Sabaté, Juan Manuel ^a   Rodríguez Puerta, Julio ^b   Vicente Lorente, José David ^c   Zúñiga Vicente, José Angel ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BURGOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^d Departamento de Economía de la Salud   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

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EID: 34248174276     PISSN: 01436570     EISSN: 10991468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mde.1319     Document Type: Article

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