The Strategy Concept I: Five Ps For Strategy

California Management Review

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1987, Pages 11-24

  Mintzberg, Henry ^a  

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EID: 84968274427     PISSN: 00081256     EISSN: 21628564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/41165263     Document Type: Article

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