Exploring the application of mission statements on the World Wide Web

Internet Research

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 360-368

  Bart, Christopher K ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Communications; Internet; Performance criteria; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 3843073029     PISSN: 10662243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10662240110402812     Document Type: Article

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