CEO Characteristics and Technological Innovativeness: A Canadian Perspective

Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 111-121

  Kitchell, Susan ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0031526748     PISSN: 08250383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1936-4490.1997.tb00123.x     Document Type: Article

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