Strategic Planning Research: Toward a Theory-Driven Agenda

Journal of Management

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 1754-1788

  Wolf, Carola ^a   Floyd, Steven W ^b  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

planning outcomes; planning practices; planning practitioners; strategic planning; strategy as practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 85020428184     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206313478185     Document Type: Article

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