Performance configurations over time: Implications for growth- and profit-oriented strategies

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 125-148

  Steffens, Paul ^a   Davidsson, Per ^a,b   Fitzsimmons, Jason ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

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EID: 58149295783     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2008.00283.x     Document Type: Article

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