Management factors affecting the performance of technology firms

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 463-470

  Soriano, Domingo Ribeiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Management; Model; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649271569     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2009.04.003     Document Type: Article

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