Strategy processes and practices: Dialogues and intersections

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 531-558

  Burgelman, Robert A ^a   Floyd, Steven W ^b   Laamanen, Tomi ^c   Mantere, Saku ^d   Vaara, Eero ^e,f   Whittington, Richard ^g  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^f LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

SAP; SAPP; strategy practice; strategy process; strategy as practice

Indexed keywords

MANAGEMENT; PLANNING;

PRACTICE RESEARCHES; RESEARCH TRADITIONS; SAPP; STRATEGY AS PRACTICES; STRATEGY PRACTICE; STRATEGY PROCESS;

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE);

EID: 85040714987     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.2741     Document Type: Article

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