Visionary entrepreneurial leadership in the aircraft industry: The Boeing Company legacy

Journal of Management History

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-54

  D'Intino, Robert S ^a   Boyles, Trish ^b   Neck, Christopher P ^b   Hall, John R ^c  

^a ROWAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aircraft industry; Decision making; Entrepreneurialism; Leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952759228     PISSN: 17511348     EISSN: 17587751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17511340810845471     Document Type: Article

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