Mobilizing an R&D organization through strategy cascading

Research Technology Management

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 18-26

  Loch, Christoph H ^a  

^a PhD Program

Author keywords

Balanced scorecard; Cascading; Motivation; Technology strategy deployment

Indexed keywords

EMPOWERMENT OF PERSONNEL; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; PLANNING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

BALANCED SCORECARDS; BUSINESS STRATEGY; CASCADING; SENIOR MANAGEMENT; TECHNICAL PERSONNEL; TECHNOLOGY STRATEGIES; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

MOTIVATION;

EID: 53349142170     PISSN: 08956308     EISSN: 19300166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08956308.2008.11657522     Document Type: Article

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