The determinants of team rewards in entrepreneurial firms

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 178-193

  Balkin, David B ^a   Markman, Gideon D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

entrepreneurship; organizational life cycles; pay incentives; team rewards; Teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042495509     PISSN: 1368275X     EISSN: 17415098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEIM.2001.000452     Document Type: Article

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