Strategic management research in the public sector: A review, synthesis, and future directions

American Review of Public Administration

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 522-545

  Poister, Theodore H ^a   Pitts, David W ^b   Edwards, Lauren Hamilton ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Strategic management; Strategic planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955215305     PISSN: 02750740     EISSN: 15523357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0275074010370617     Document Type: Article

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