The impact of managerial perceptions on competitive response variety

Management Decision

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1257-1275

  Giaglis, George M ^a   Fouskas, Konstantinos G ^b  

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Competitive analysis; Competitive environment; Competitive responses; Greece; Managerial perceptions; Organizational capabilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052555980     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251741111163115     Document Type: Article

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