Managerial myopia or systemic short-termism?: The importance of managerial systems in valuing the long term

Management Decision

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 949-962

  Laverty, Kevin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOTHELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Organizational processes; Short term planning; Time based management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993043427     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740410555443     Document Type: Article

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