Chief executive scanning, environmental characteristics, and company performance: An empirical study

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 123-139

  Daft, Richard L ^a   Sormunen, Juhani ^a   Parks, Don ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84989104427     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.4250090204     Document Type: Article

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