Strategic transformation as the essential last step in the process of business turnaround

Business Horizons

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 121-130

  Pearce II, John A ^a   Robbins, D Keith ^b  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WINTHROP UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquisition strategies; Collaboration strategies; Retrenchment; Strategic transformation; Turnaround

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849108792     PISSN: 00076813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bushor.2007.11.003     Document Type: Article

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