Strategic alignment and performance: Brazilian companies in the medical diagnostics sector

Service Industries Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1405-1427

  Prieto, Vanderli Correia ^a   de Carvalho, Marly Monteiro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b MACKENZIE PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Medical diagnostics sector; Organizational performance; Organizational strategy; Strategic alignment

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SERVICE SECTOR;

BRAZIL;

EID: 79957990367     PISSN: 02642069     EISSN: 17439507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02642060903576050     Document Type: Article

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