Entrepreneurial orientation and business performance: An assessment of past research and suggestions for the future

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 761-787

  Rauch, Andreas ^a   Wiklund, Johan ^b,c   Lumpkin, G T ^d   Frese, Michael ^e  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

^d TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^e JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 65149102790     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2009.00308.x     Document Type: Article

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