Developing issue-selling effectiveness over time: Issue selling as resourcing

Organization Science

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 560-577

  Howard Grenville, Jennifer A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental management; Issue selling; Organizational boundaries; Resources

Indexed keywords

EID: 61349091145     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1070.0266     Document Type: Article

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