Outsourcing and performance in entrepreneurial firms: Contingent relationships with entrepreneurial configurations

Decision Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 359-381

  Salimath, Manjula S ^a   Cullen, John B ^b   Umesh, U N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Configurations; Contingency; Entrepreneurial typology; Entrepreneurship; Life cycle; Outsourcing; Resource dependency

Indexed keywords

EID: 48249107429     PISSN: 00117315     EISSN: 15405915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5915.2008.00196.x     Document Type: Article

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