Succeeding in the new economic environment – three targets for leaders

Strategy & Leadership

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 13-22

  Berman, Saul ^a   Davidson, Steven ^a   Longworth, Sara ^a   Blitz, Amy ^a  

^a IBM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate strategy; Cost accounting; Leaders; Partnership; Recession

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992972105     PISSN: 10878572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10878570910971593     Document Type: Article

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