The relationships between the characteristics of the strategy process: Evidence from Egypt

Management Decision

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 626-639

  Elbanna, Said ^a   Younies, Hassan ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Corporate strategy; Decision making; Egypt; Intuition

Indexed keywords

EID: 43149097629     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740810865094     Document Type: Article

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