Beyond addiction: Hierarchy and other ways of getting strategy done

European Management Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 491-503

  Cunha, Miguel Pina e ^a   Rego, Arménio ^b   Clegg, Stewart ^a,c  

^a NOVA SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Execution; Hierarchy; Simple rules; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 80555150732     PISSN: 02632373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emj.2011.06.002     Document Type: Article

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