Has strategic management shed the normal science straightjacket?: Revisiting Bettis' (1991) critiques

Journal of Managerial Issues

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 409-423

  Crook, T Russell ^a   Bratton, Virginia Kim ^b   Street, Vera L ^c   Ketchen Jr , David J ^d  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c SALISBURY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 37849189732     PISSN: 10453695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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