Chief executive scanning, environmental characteristics, and company performance: An empirical study
研究了50家制造企业CEO对六个环境领域的战略不确定性感知，发现客户、经济和竞争领域不确定性更高，且高绩效公司CEO扫描更频繁、更广泛。
Abstract Chief executives in 50 manufacturing companies were interviewed about the perceived strategic uncertainty in six environmental sectors, and the frequency and mode of scanning used for each sector. The findings suggest that customer, economic and competitor sectors generated greater strategic uncertainty than technological, regulatory and sociocultural sectors. When sector uncertainty was high, executives reported greater frequency of scanning and greater use of personal information sources. Chief executives in high‐performing companies scanned more frequently and more broadly in response to strategic uncertainty than their counterparts in low‐performing companies.