Firm size and environmental scanning pursuits across organizational life cycle stages

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 540-554

  Lester, Donald L ^a   Parnell, John A ^b  

^a MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT PEMBROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Business cycles; Environmental management; Small enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249085586     PISSN: 14626004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14626000810892337     Document Type: Article

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