Managing executive information systems for strategic intelligence in South Africa and Spain

Managing Strategic Intelligence: Techniques and Technologies

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 87-109

  Averweg, Udo Richard ^a   Roldán, José L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

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EID: 79951956612     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-243-5.ch006     Document Type: Chapter

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