Using systems thinking to enhance strategy maps

Management Decision

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 761-778

  Kunc, Martin ^a  

^a School of Business   (Chile)

Author keywords

Balanced scorecard; Business performance; Cause and effect analysis; Performance management; Strategic management

Indexed keywords

EID: 44449167137     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740810873752     Document Type: Article

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