Entrepreneurial orientation: Reviewing three papers and implications for further theoretical and methodological development

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 973-987

  Slevin, Dennis P ^a   Terjesen, Siri A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 80053279116     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2011.00483.x     Document Type: Article

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