The role of the institutional environment in determining firm orientations towards entrepreneurial behavior

International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 467-483

  Dickson, Pat H ^a   Weaver, K Mark ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial orientation; Institutional theory; Legitimacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 54949157346     PISSN: 15547191     EISSN: 15551938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11365-008-0088-x     Document Type: Article

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