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    Phases in the Strategy Formation Process: An Exploratory Study of Irish SMEs


    McCarthy, Breda and Leavy, Brian (2000) Phases in the Strategy Formation Process: An Exploratory Study of Irish SMEs. Irish Business and Administrative Research, 21 (2): 4. pp. 55-80. ISSN 0332-1118

    Abstract

    This paper provides a description of how strategies form and evolve in the small to medium-sized enterprise. The results are based on a series of nine case studies and the methodology used involved an intensive, longitudinal, inductive and comparative case-based approach.
    Item Type: Article
    Keywords: strategy; process; Irish SMEs;
    Academic Unit: Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Business
    Item ID: 21664
    Depositing User: IAM School of Business
    Date Deposited: 04 Jun 2026 10:27
    Journal or Publication Title: Irish Business and Administrative Research
    Publisher: Irish Academy of Management
    Refereed: Yes
    Use Licence: This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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