Interrelationships between TMT management style, operation mode and management performance

International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 159-182

  Wu, Wann Yih ^a   Chiang, Chwan Yi ^a   Wu, Li Chen ^a   Kuo, Ming Shiu ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Advanced Multimedia Internet Technology Incorporation   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

business operation mode; competitive strategy; management performance; small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs); TMT management style; top management team (TMT)

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645161302     PISSN: 14684330     EISSN: 17418127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMED.2005.006309     Document Type: Article

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