Predictors of organizational performance in small and medium-sized professional service firms

International Journal of Technology Management

Volumn 16, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 23-36

  Glunk, Ursula ^a,b   Wilderom, Celeste P M ^a,c  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer service firms; Organizational performance; Performance predictors; Professional service firms; Resource based approach; Small and medium sized firms; Stakeholder approach

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; PERFORMANCE; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

COMPUTER SERVICE FIRMS; PERFORMANCE PREDICTORS; PROFESSIONAL SERVICE FIRMS; RESOURCE BASED METHODS;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0031707990     PISSN: 02675730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijtm.1998.002649     Document Type: Article

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