Performance parameters as indicators of success and predictors of failure in strategic management

Journal of Professional Services Marketing

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 41-67

  Tvorik, Stephen J ^a   Boissoneau, Robert ^a   Pearson, Norman ^a  

^a WALDEN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 4344659511     PISSN: 07484623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J090v17n02_04     Document Type: Article

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