The policies of the Labour government in the UK place renewed emphasis on rational
planning in the public sector. The government's assumption is that this approach to decision …

Previous research on the effects of strategic planning on firm performance has yielded
inconsistent and inconclusive findings. In this study, we use a recently validated …

This descriptive study of 184 small firms identified strategies most frequently used by their
managers. These strategies were identified using the Entrepreneurial Strategy Matrix, a …

Attempts to shed light on some of the leading works in the field of strategic planning.
Presents the findings from research into the existence of strategic planning in United Arab …

A meta-evaluation is an assessment of evaluation practices. Meta-evaluations include
assessments of validity and usefulness of two or more studies focused on the same issues …

" But 'glory'doesn't mean" a nice knock-down argument," Alice objected." When I use a
word," Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather scornful tone," it means just what I choose it to mean …

The purpose of this study is to examine hypothesized relationships among small firms'
cultural values pertaining to formal planning, their practices linked to those values, and their …

This study presents a longitudinal analysis of patterns of investment in advanced
manufacturing technologies (AMT) and financial performance. Investments in AMT from fifty …

This study aims at checking if the strategic planning can meet the objectives that firm leaders
assigned to it. It is argued that this is the reason which justifies that continuity of its …

In 1992 annual capital spending on investments in information systems (IS) and related
technology was about one third of total corporate spending, or approximately 7% of the …