Entrepreneurial Orientation, Organizational Learning, and Performance: Evidence From China

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 293-317

  Zhao, Yongbin ^a   Li, Yuan ^a   Lee, Soo Hoon ^b   Chen, Long Bo ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79952714529     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2009.00359.x     Document Type: Article

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