Knowledge structures of prospectors, analyzers, and defenders: Content, structure, stability, and performance

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 149-171

  Kabanoff, Boris ^a   Brown, Shane ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Generic strategies; Knowledge structures; Strategic cognition; Strategic groups

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

GENERIC STRATEGIES; KNOWLEDGE STRUCTURES; STRATEGIC COGNITION; STRATEGIC GROUPS;

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

EID: 38849112639     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.644     Document Type: Article

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