Defining strategic flexibility

Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-32

  Roberts, Norman ^a   Stockport, Gary J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

External and internal perspectives; Strategic capability; Strategic flexibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957803177     PISSN: 09722696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03396553     Document Type: Conference Paper

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