Strategic Management in Small Retail Businesses: The Case of Guatemala

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 461-478

  Spillan, John E ^a   Ziemnowicz, Christopher ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Concord College ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

decision making; retailing; strategic maneuvering; strategic orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84998185307     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/02662426030214005     Document Type: Article

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