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Environmental analysis units and strategic decision‐making: A field study of selected ‘leading‐edge’ corporations
Author(s) -
Lenz R. T.,
Engledow Jack L.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
strategic management journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 11.035
H-Index - 286
eISSN - 1097-0266
pISSN - 0143-2095
DOI - 10.1002/smj.4250070107
Subject(s) - vulnerability (computing) , business , strategic planning , field (mathematics) , strategic environmental assessment , industrial organization , enhanced data rates for gsm evolution , process management , environmental resource management , environmental impact assessment , marketing , economics , engineering , computer science , political science , telecommunications , computer security , mathematics , pure mathematics , law
In response to increasing environmental change many corporations have developed specialized environmental scanning units. Previous research reveals conflicting findings regarding the viability of these units for introducing environmentally relevant information into strategic decision processes. A field study was conducted on 10 ‘leading‐edge’ corporations. The results show continuing experimentation with alternative administrative structures and the vulnerability of units that are not tightly linked with strategic planning processes.