Clients’ views on strategic capabilities which lead to management consulting success

Management Decision

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 362-372

  Simon, Alan ^a   Kumar, Vanya ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Management consultants; Strategic management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986037716     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/EUM0000000005472     Document Type: Article

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