A comparison of strategic planning practices in companies from the UK and Turkey

Journal of Management Development

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 361-379

  Glaister, Keith W ^a   Dincer, Omer ^b   Tatoglu, Ekrem ^c   Demirbag, Mehmet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b Grand National Assembly of Turkey   (Turkey)

^c BAHCESEHIR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Corporate strategy; Cross cultural studies; Strategic planning; Turkey; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249203720     PISSN: 02621711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02621710910947380     Document Type: Article

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