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Stratography: the art of conceptualizing and communicating strategy

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Stratography: the art of conceptualizing and communicating strategy. / Cummings, Stephen; Angwin, Duncan Neil.
In: Business Horizons, Vol. 54, No. 5, 09.2011, p. 435-446.

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Cummings S, Angwin DN. Stratography: the art of conceptualizing and communicating strategy. Business Horizons. 2011 Sept;54(5):435-446. Epub 2011 May 26. doi: 10.1016/j.bushor.2011.04.005

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Cummings, Stephen ; Angwin, Duncan Neil. / Stratography : the art of conceptualizing and communicating strategy. In: Business Horizons. 2011 ; Vol. 54, No. 5. pp. 435-446.

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