Formal strategic analyses and organizational performance: Decomposing the rational model

Organization Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 853-883

  Mueller, George C ^a   Mone, Mark A ^a   Barker III, Vincent L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Formal analysis; Planning; Strategic decision making; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249088621     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840607075262     Document Type: Article

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