Strategic crisis aversion: The value of a “style audit”

The Learning Organization

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 36-46

  Thompson, John L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crisis management; Decision making; Performance measurement; Strategic management; Success

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986134780     PISSN: 09696474     EISSN: 1758905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09696479810200865     Document Type: Article

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