Entrepreneurial orientation and organizational learning: The impact of network range and network closure

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1025-1050

  Kreiser, Patrick M ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 80053256321     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2011.00449.x     Document Type: Article

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