Innovation in NTBFs: Does leadership really matter?

International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 299-314

  O'Regan, Nicholas ^a   Ghobadian, Abby ^b  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Innovation; Leadership; Organisational performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746153729     PISSN: 15547191     EISSN: 15551938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11365-006-8690-2     Document Type: Article

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