Organizational responses to strategic issues posed by the natural environment: an application of miles and Snow's strategic types

Organization and Environment

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 419-447

  Judge Jr , William Q ^a   Dean, Thomas J ^a   Fowler, Dorn M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b Brescia College

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EID: 5944219979     PISSN: 10860266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/108602669600900401     Document Type: Article

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