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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Kaplan, Robert S.

Alignment / Robert S. Kaplan, David P. Norton. p. cm.

Includes index.

9781422163207

1. Strategic planning. 2. Industrial management. 3. Industrial organization. 4. Strategic alliances (Business) 5. Organizational effectiveness. I. Norton, David P., 1941- II. Title.

HD30.28.K3543 2006 658.4’012—dc22

2005030504

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