Properties of balance: A pendulum effect in corporate entrepreneurship

Business Horizons

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 429-440

  Morris, Michael H ^a   van Vuuren, Jurie ^b   Cornwall, Jeffrey R ^c   Scheepers, Retha ^d  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c BELMONT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Balance; Chaos; Corporate entrepreneurship; Paradox; Work climate

Indexed keywords

EID: 68049131220     PISSN: 00076813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bushor.2009.04.007     Document Type: Article

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