Environmental context, managerial cognition, and strategic action: An integrated view

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 1395-1427

  Nadkarni, Sucheta ^a   Barr, Pamela S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Causal logic; Cognition; Environment; Strategic action; Velocity

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENTS; PLANNING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

ATTENTION; CAUSAL LOGIC; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENT; STRATEGIC ACTION;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 57349192741     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.717     Document Type: Article

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