Entrepreneurship and innovativeness: In search of the interrelationships

International Journal of Innovation and Learning

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 156-175

  Czop, Katarzyna ^a   Leszczynska, Agnieszka ^b  

^a LUBLIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Corporate entrepreneurship; Innovation; Innovativeness; Learning; Organisation's performance

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEUR; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; INNOVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK;

EID: 80051513387     PISSN: 14718197     EISSN: 17408016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJIL.2011.041795     Document Type: Article

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