Exploring the current practice of visioning: case studies from the UK financial services sector

Management Decision

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 488-497

  O’Brien, Frances ^a   Meadows, Maureen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case studies; Financial services; Strategic planning; Vision

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986135380     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740310479331     Document Type: Article

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