CEO succession, honing, and enterprising: A promising way to achieve small business performance?

Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 117-132

  Westerberg, Mats ^a   Wincent, Joakim ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CEO succession; Contingency; Enterprising; Honing; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 46249098825     PISSN: 10849467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1084946708000880     Document Type: Article

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