Three levels of culture and firms' entrepreneurial orientation: A research agenda

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 707-730

  Fayolle, Alain ^a   Basso, Olivier ^b   Bouchard, Véronique ^a  

^a EMLYON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^b Singleton Institute   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Corporate culture; Entrepreneurial orientation; Industry culture; National culture

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CORPORATE STRATEGY; ENTREPRENEUR; FIRM SIZE; RESEARCH WORK;

EID: 78650097139     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: 14645114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985620903233952     Document Type: Article

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