Strategic Planning Improves Manufacturing Performance

J. Armstrong

MPRA Paper from University Library of Munich, Germany

Abstract: A quantitative critique of 28 studies concludes that formal planning is valuable for firms. The results were particularly favorable for manufacturing firms: nine studies found formal planning to be associated with better performance and none found detrimental performance.

Keywords: formal planning; strategy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L1 O21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1991-08-01
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Published in Long Range Planning 24 (1991): pp. 127-129

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