Drivers of innovativeness and performance for innovative SMEs in South Korea: Mediation of learning orientation

Technovation

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 65-75

  Rhee, Jaehoon ^a   Park, Taekyung ^b   Lee, Do Hyung ^c  

^a Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial orientation; Innovativeness; Learning orientation; Market orientation; South Korea; Structural equation modeling; Technology innovative small firms

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEURIAL ORIENTATION; INNOVATIVENESS; LEARNING ORIENTATION; MARKET ORIENTATION; SMALL FIRM; SOUTH KOREA; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

COMMERCE;

EDUCATION;

EID: 71549162533     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2009.04.008     Document Type: Article

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