A longitudinal study of entrepreneurial firms opportunity recognition and product development management strategies: Implications by firm type

International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 315-329

  Schwartz, Robert G ^a   Teach, Richard D ^b   Birch, Nancy J ^a  

^a EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurialism; Product management; Strategic management

Indexed keywords

EID: 22544467475     PISSN: 13552554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552550510603315     Document Type: Article

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