Integrating customer orientation, corporate entrepreneurship, and learning orientation in organizations-in-transition: An empirical study

International Journal of Research in Marketing

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 367-382

  Liu, Sandra S ^a   Luo, Xueming ^b   Shi, Yi Zheng ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT FREDONIA   (United States)

^c HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Corporate entrepreneurship; Customer orientation; Learning orientation; Transitional economy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036891310     PISSN: 01678116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8116(02)00098-8     Document Type: Article

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