Designing lobbying capabilities: Managerial choices in unpredictable environments

European Business Review

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 167-189

  Lawton, Thomas ^a   Rajwani, Tazeeb ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airlines; Corporate ownership; Europe; Government policy; Lobbying; Strategic choices

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952781516     PISSN: 0955534X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09555341111111192     Document Type: Article

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