Critical entrepreneur knowledge dimensions for the SME performance

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 108, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1182-1199

  Omerzel, Doris Gomezelj ^a   Antončič, Boštjan ^a  

^a UP Faculty of Management Koper   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Business performance; Knowledge management; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; BUSINESS PERFORMANCE; CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; FIRM PERFORMANCES; GROWTH AND PROFITABILITIES; KNOWLEDGE MODELS; PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES; POSITIVE EFFECTS; PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE DATUMS; SLOVENIA; SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES; SMALL TO MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES; STRUCTURAL EQUATIONS;

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING;

EID: 57149127225     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02635570810914883     Document Type: Article

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