Structure-context alignment: Evidence from a developing country (Sudan)

Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-42

  Mohamed, Hesham E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Control; Correlation analysis; Environmental management; Organizational theory; Sudan; Technology led strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986131931     PISSN: 13527606     EISSN: 17586089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13527600710718813     Document Type: Article

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