Defining strategic flexibility

The Flexible Enterprise

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 37-45

  Roberts, Norman ^a   Stockport, Gary J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 85017658602     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-81-322-1560-8_3     Document Type: Chapter

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