Entrepreneurial orientation, exploitative and explorative capabilities, and performance outcomes in export markets: A resource-based approach

Industrial Marketing Management

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1274-1284

  Lisboa, Ana ^a   Skarmeas, Dionysis ^b   Lages, Carmen ^c  

^a POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF LEIRIA   (Portugal)

^b ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Capabilities; Entrepreneurial orientation; Exploitation exploration; Exporting; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 82955249256     PISSN: 00198501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indmarman.2011.10.013     Document Type: Article

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