Strategic planning and performance: Extending the debate

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 99-108

  Rudd, John M ^a   Greenley, Gordon E ^a   Beatson, Amanda T ^b   Lings, Ian N ^c  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Flexibility; Performance; Strategic planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 37549029694     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2007.06.014     Document Type: Article

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