Looking beyond resources: Exploring the importance of entrepreneurship to firm-level competitive advantage in technologically intensive industries

Technovation

Volumn 28, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 6-19

  Newbert, Scott L ^a   Gopalakrishnan, Shanthi ^b   Kirchhoff, Bruce A ^b  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competencies; Dynamic capabilities; Performance; Technologically intensive industries

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

COMPETENCIES; DYNAMIC CAPABILITIES; PERFORMANCE; TECHNOLOGICALLY INTENSIVE INDUSTRIES;

RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 37249040620     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2007.07.002     Document Type: Article

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