A framework for strategy formulation based on clustering approach: A case study in a corporate organization

Knowledge-Based Systems

Volumn 49, Issue , 2013, Pages 37-49

  Hadighi, S Ali ^a,b   Sahebjamnia, Navid ^c   Mahdavi, Iraj ^b   Akbarpour Shirazi, Mohsen ^d  

^a NATIONAL IRANIAN OIL COMPANY   (Iran)

^b DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^d AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Clustering; Corporate strategy; Data mining; Organizational planning; Strategy formulation

Indexed keywords

CLUSTERING; COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT; CORPORATE STRATEGIES; INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL FACTORS; MANAGEMENT BY OBJECTIVES; ORGANIZATIONAL PLANNING; STRATEGY FORMULATIONS; VIRTUAL ORGANIZATION;

DATA MINING; MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAINS;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84879882228     PISSN: 09507051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.knosys.2013.04.008     Document Type: Article

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