Entrepreneurial rewards and economic performance: an empirical study of the best small companies

International Journal of Technology Management

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 728-743

  Lee, Jooh ^a,b   Lucius, Harold W ^a,c,d   McNeil, Steven A ^a,e,f,g,h,i  

^a ROWAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT   (Nigeria)

^e Mrs Paul's Seafood   (United States)

^f Bumble Bee Tuna   (United States)

^g Haagen Daz ^*

^h CAMPBELL SOUP COMPANY   (United States)

ⁱ DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST ACCOUNTING; ECONOMICS; INDUSTRY; PERFORMANCE; SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL;

ACCOUNTING BASED PERFORMANCE; ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE; MARKET BASED PERFORMANCE;

COMPENSATION (PERSONNEL);

EID: 0032639020     PISSN: 02675730     EISSN: None     Source Type: None    
DOI: 10.1504/ijtm.1999.002748     Document Type: Article

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