How much does performance matter in strategic decision making?

International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 437-459

  Elbanna, Said ^a   Naguib, Rabia ^b  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Decision making; Egypt; Intuition; Organizational behaviour; Organizational performance; Strategic planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 68349130073     PISSN: 17410401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410400910965715     Document Type: Article

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