Interpreting, categorizing and responding to the environment: The role of culture in strategic problem definition

Management Decision

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 105-112

  Mukherji, Ananda ^a   Hurtado, Pedro ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural management; Decision making; Problem identification; Problem solving; Response flexibility; Strategic management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986038311     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/EUM0000000005416     Document Type: Article

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