Radical and incremental entrepreneurial orientation: The effect of knowledge acquisition

Journal of Management and Organization

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 326-343

  Bojica, Ana Maria ^a   del Mar Fuentes, Maria ^a   Gómez Gras, José María ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial orientation; Exploitation; Exploration; Knowledge acquisition; Market knowledge; Performance; Small and medium sized enterprises; Technological knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955122899     PISSN: 18333672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/jmo.2011.17.3.326     Document Type: Article

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