Entrepreneurial strategy making, resources, and firm performance: Evidence from China

Small Business Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 235-247

  Su, Zhongfeng ^a   Xie, En ^a   Wang, Dong ^a,b   Li, Yuan ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Communication University of China ^*  (China)

Author keywords

China; Entrepreneurial strategy making; Performance; Resource

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651469680     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-009-9211-9     Document Type: Article

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