Strategic Orientations in Management Literature: Three Approaches to Understanding the Interaction between Market, Technology, Entrepreneurial and Learning Orientations

International Journal of Management Reviews

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 199-217

  Hakala, Henri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VAASA   (Finland)

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EID: 79955919180     PISSN: 14608545     EISSN: 14682370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2370.2010.00292.x     Document Type: Article

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