Firm performance and complementary strategy development processes

Management Decision

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 806-818

  Gunby Jr , Norris White ^a  

^a ELON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental management; Strategic management

Indexed keywords

EID: 68649117870     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740910960132     Document Type: Article

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