How chief executives’ perception of the environment impacts on company performance

Journal of Management Development

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 290-305

  Analoui, Farhad ^a   Karami, Azhdar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental scanning; Perception; Performance; Small to medium sized enterprises; Strategy; Top management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986014888     PISSN: 02621711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02621710210430281     Document Type: Article

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