Entrepreneurial, market, and learning orientations and international entrepreneurial business venture performance in South African firms

International Marketing Review

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 504-523

  Kropp, Fredric ^a   Lindsay, Noel J ^b   Shoham, Aviv ^c  

^a MONTEREY INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurialism; International business; Learning; Market orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748325732     PISSN: 02651335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02651330610703427     Document Type: Article

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