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Long range planning in the mature corporation

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  • Richard B. Higgins

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The decade of the seventies has seen a dramatic surge in the acceptance and adoption of long range planning systems by U.S. firms. This paper examines the planning experiences of 86 Fortune 1000 companies, many of them with formal planning systems ten years of age or more. Data collected in this study suggests that planning systems move through different phases in a development cycle. The ability to cope with planning problems, the satisfaction of planning participants, and the extent to which companies formulate explicit policies to recognize managerial contributions to long range planning activities are associated with the age of a company's formal planning system and its phase of planning system development. Mature system companies do a better job in coping with planning problems, are more satisfied with their planning systems, and are more likely to recognize managerial contributions to long range planning.

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  • Richard B. Higgins, 1981. "Long range planning in the mature corporation," Strategic Management Journal, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 2(3), pages 235-250, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:stratm:v:2:y:1981:i:3:p:235-250
    DOI: 10.1002/smj.4250020303
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    1. Rodolfo M. Nayga & Lukman M. Baga, 1995. "Economic reforms and firm level strategic planning," Agribusiness, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 11(6), pages 565-572.

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