Entrepreneurial orientation of SMEs, product innovativeness, and performance

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 566-575

  Avlonitis, George J ^a   Salavou, Helen E ^a  

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Entrepreneurial orientation; Product innovativeness; Product performance; SMEs

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947715934     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2007.01.001     Document Type: Article

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