Congenital learning in the Spanish telecommunication industry

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 533-543

  Cegarra Navarro, Juan Gabriel ^a   Wensley, Anthony K P ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Congenital learning; Open organizational context; Organizational performance; SMEs

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949110849     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2008.05.009     Document Type: Article

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