This article aims to understand the relationships between the dimensions of the strategic process: thinking, strategy formation and change, and generic and functional strategies at MSEs located in the São Francisco River Valley, Brazil. The sample considers 271 respondents. The results show that leaders tend to use logical thinking more often than intuitive thinking, form the strategy in a more emergent than deliberate way, and promote more evolutionary than revolutionary changes. We also emphasize that there was no significant relationship between the strategic process and the generic and functional strategies actually adopted by the enterprises.
Micro and small enterprises - MSEs; Strategies; Strategic planning
