‘Space of Possibles’? Legitimacy, Industry Maturity, and Organizational Foresight

Strategic Change

Volumn 23, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 171-183

  Stringfellow, Lindsay ^a   Maclean, Mairi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84979950611     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10991697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsc.1969     Document Type: Article

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