Entrepreneurship: An organisational learning approach

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 628-641

  Franco, Mário ^a   Haase, Heiko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

^b FACHHOCHSCHULE WORMS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurialism; Knowledge management; Learning organizations; Research

Indexed keywords

EID: 72149101250     PISSN: 14626004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14626000911000965     Document Type: Article

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