How to support sensing capabilities in highly volatile situations

Journal of Management and Organization

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 774-794

  De Waard, Erik J ^a   Volberda, Henk W ^b   Soeters, Joseph ^c  

^a NETHERLANDS DEFENCE ACADEMY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Armed forces; Dynamic capabilities; Lateral coordination; Modular organizing; Sensing function

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873110404     PISSN: 18333672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/jmo.2012.18.6.774     Document Type: Article

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