The entrepreneurial role of innovative users

Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 339-346

  Lettl, Christopher ^a   Gemünden, Hans Georg ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurialism; Innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844587361     PISSN: 08858624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/08858620510628579     Document Type: Article

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