The prevalence of entrepreneurial orientation in a developing country: Juxtapositions with firm success and South Africa's innovation index

Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 425-443

  Urban, Boris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial orientation; Firm success; Global index scores; Innovation; National competitiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 60949084937     PISSN: 10849467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S108494670800106X     Document Type: Article

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