Corporate entrepreneurship and human resource management: Theoretical background and a case study

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 48-67

  Lee, Sang M ^a   Peris Ortiz, Marta ^b   Fernández Guerrero, Rafael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^c Polibienestar Research Institute   (Spain)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurialism; Entrepreneurs; Human resource management; Spain

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952751951     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437721111121224     Document Type: Article

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