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Sex, lies, and mission statements

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  • Bart, Christopher K., 1997. "Sex, lies, and mission statements," Business Horizons, Elsevier, vol. 40(6), pages 9-18.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:bushor:v:40:y:1997:i:6:p:9-18
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    2. Dimitrov, Kiril & Geshkov, Marin, 2018. "Dominating Attributes Of Professed Firm Culture Of Holding Companies – Members Of The Bulgarian Industrial Capital Association," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 12(3), pages 384-418.
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    6. Yngve Dahle & Martin Steinert & Anh Nguyen Duc & Roman Chizhevskiy, 2018. "Resource and Competence (Internal) View vs. Environment and Market (External) View when defining a Business," Papers 1809.01487, arXiv.org.
    7. Giorgio Mion & Cristian Rolando Loza Adaui & Angelo Bonfanti, 2021. "Characterizing the mission statements of benefit corporations: Empirical evidence from Italy," Business Strategy and the Environment, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 30(4), pages 2160-2172, May.
    8. Bartkus, Barbara & Glassman, Myron & Bruce McAfee, R., 2000. "Mission statements: Are they smoke and mirrors?," Business Horizons, Elsevier, vol. 43(6), pages 23-28.
    9. Odile Paulus, 2008. "La déclaration de mission, une revue de la littérature," Working Papers of LaRGE Research Center 2008-13, Laboratoire de Recherche en Gestion et Economie (LaRGE), Université de Strasbourg.
    10. Vladlen V. LEPSKY, 2018. "A Model for Devising a Medical Institution’s Development Strategy," Upravlenets, Ural State University of Economics, vol. 9(3), pages 40-44, June.
    11. S. Desmidt & A. Prinzie & A. Heene, 2009. "Developing an effective mission statement for a health care organization: a step towards an evidence-based practice," Working Papers of Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Ghent University, Belgium 09/565, Ghent University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration.
    12. Marta Mas-Machuca & Maria Ballesteros-Sola & Adrián Guerrero, 2017. "Unveiling the mission statements in social enterprises: a comparative content analysis of US- vs. Spanish-based organizations," Journal of Social Entrepreneurship, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 8(2), pages 186-200, May.
    13. Karel Slintak & Jan Dvorsky, 2019. "The Purpose of Firms and its Influence on Formulating Their Missions and Visions," Montenegrin Journal of Economics, Economic Laboratory for Transition Research (ELIT), vol. 15(2), pages 15-29.
    14. Mion, Giorgio & Loza Adaui, Cristian R. & Bonfanti, Angelo & De Crescenzo, Veronica, 2023. "Mission statements and financial and sustainability performance: An exploratory study of Benefit Corporations certified as B Corps," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 157(C).
    15. TOH Seong-Yuen & KOON Vui-Yee, 2017. "Determining Mission Statement Effectiveness From A Fit Perspective," Studies in Business and Economics, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Faculty of Economic Sciences, vol. 12(2), pages 220-240, August.
    16. Macedo, Isabel Maria & Pinho, José Carlos & Silva, Anabela Martins, 2016. "Revisiting the link between mission statements and organizational performance in the non-profit sector: The mediating effect of organizational commitment," European Management Journal, Elsevier, vol. 34(1), pages 36-46.

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