Continual corporate entrepreneurial search for long-term growth

Management Science

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 248-261

  Bhardwaj, Gaurab ^a   Camillus, John C ^b   Hounshell, David A ^c  

^a BABSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate entrepreneurship; Long term growth; Opportunities search; Search process

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE ENTREPRENEURSHIP; LONG-TERM GROWTH; OPPORTUNITIES SEARCH; SEARCH PROCESS;

DATA REDUCTION; PERFORMANCE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33644697317     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1050.0477     Document Type: Article

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