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<journal-id>2448-7678</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Investigación administrativa]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Investig. adm.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2448-7678</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Escuela Superior de Comercio y Administración]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2448-76782008000200023</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Environmental scanning, strategy alignment and leadership style among managers of small manufacturing firms in Mexico]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Escaneo ambiental, alineación de estrategias y estilo de liderazgo entre los gerentes de pequeñas empresas manufactureras en México]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Garza Carranza]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[María Teresa de la]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Contreras Soto]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ricardo]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Mueller]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Carolyn]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Tecnológico de Celaya  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Guanajuato  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Stetson University  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>USA</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2008</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2008</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>37</volume>
<numero>102</numero>
<fpage>23</fpage>
<lpage>28</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2448-76782008000200023&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2448-76782008000200023&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2448-76782008000200023&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract An exploratory study of 25 small business managers of manufacturing companies located in Guanajuato Mexico was conducted to assess environmental scanning, strategy alignment and leadership style. The study was done through on-site interviews and an hermeneutical data analysis was performed. Results show that presidents act more like managers than like entrepreneurs, and environmental scanning to align firm strategy is done by considering only local environments, which is not appropriate for highly competitive or international markets.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen Se realizó un estudio exploratorio de 25 administradores de pequeñas empresas de manufactura localizadas en Guanajuato, México con el fin de evaluar el escaneo ambiental, la alineación de la estrategia y el estilo de liderazgo. El estudio se realizó a través de entrevistas y el texto se analizó mediante el método hermenéutico. Los resultados mostraron que los directivos actúan más como administradores que como emprendedores y que el escaneo ambiental para alinear la estrategia de la organización solamente considera aspectos locales; por lo que no es apropiada para mercados altamente competitivos o internacionales.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Environmental scanning]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[strategy alignment]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[leadership style]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[small business]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Mexico]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[exploración del entorno]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[lineamientos estratégicos]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[estilo de liderazgo]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[pequeños negocios en México]]></kwd>
</kwd-group>
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