Four themes of the impact of management teams on organizational performance: Implications for future research of entrepreneurial teams

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 236-256

  Vyakarnam, Shailendra ^a   Handelberg, Jari ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial teams; Organizational performance; Top management teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 19644395384     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242605052072     Document Type: Article

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