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      Names: Shi, Wei, 1981- author. | Hoskisson, Robert E., 1948-author.

      Title: Understanding and managing strategic governance / Wei Shi, Robert Edwin Hoskisson.

      Description: First edition. | Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, 2021. | Includes index.

      Identifiers: LCCN 2021022872 (print) | LCCN 2021022873 (ebook) | ISBN 9781119798255 (cloth) | ISBN 9781119798309 (adobe pdf) | ISBN 9781119798286 (epub)

      Subjects: LCSH: Corporate governance. | Decision making. | Strategic planning. | Information technology—Management.

      Classification: LCC HD2741 .S4985 2021 (print) | LCC HD2741 (ebook) | DDC 658.4—dc23

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      LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021022873

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