Entrepreneurial orientation versus small business orientation: What are their relationships to firm performance?

Journal of Small Business Management

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 567-588

  Runyan, Rodney ^a,d   Droge, Cornelia ^b   Swinney, Jane ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

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EID: 52249120144     PISSN: 00472778     EISSN: 1540627X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-627X.2008.00257.x     Document Type: Article

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