Crisis management and corporate strategy in African firms: Towards a contingency approach

Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 220-231

  Ouedraogo, Alidou ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; CRISIS MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE;

AFRICA;

EID: 36749082214     PISSN: 09660879     EISSN: 14685973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5973.2007.00524.x     Document Type: Article

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