Is strategic planning worth the effort? A study of firm performance versus planning comprehensiveness in Australia

Journal of Management and Organization

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-13

  Devenish, Peter ^a   Fisher, Tom ^b  

^a SWSIT   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Financial performance; Planning complexity; Strategic planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957645752     PISSN: 18333672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/jmo.2000.6.1.1     Document Type: Article

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