Antecedents of innovation and growth: Analysing the impact of entrepreneurial orientation and goal-oriented management

International Journal of Technology Management

Volumn 52, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 135-152

  Harms, Rainer ^a,b   Reschke, Carl Henning ^c   Kraus, Sascha ^d,e   Fink, Matthias ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

^c Universität   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIECHTENSTEIN   (Liechtenstein)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Goal oriented management; GoM; Growth; Innovation; Management by objectives; MbO; SME

Indexed keywords

GROWTH (MATERIALS); INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

ENTREPRENEURIAL ORIENTATION; ENTREPRENEURSHIP; FIRM PERFORMANCE; GOAL-ORIENTED; MANAGEMENT BY OBJECTIVES; MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES; ORGANISATIONAL; STRATEGIC ORIENTATION;

ENGINEERING;

EID: 77957784475     PISSN: 02675730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2010.035859     Document Type: Article

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