Strategic planning tools and techniques in Jordan: awareness and use

Strategic Change

Volumn 17, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 281-293

  Aldehayyat, Jehad S ^a   Anchor, John R ^b  

^a AL HUSSEIN BIN TALAL UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77957868481     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10991697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsc.833     Document Type: Article

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