Growing Young SMEs in Hard Economic Times: The Impact of Entrepreneurial and Customer Orientations — A Qualitative Study from Silicon Valley

Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 99-111

  Eggers, Fabian ^a   Kraus, Sascha ^b  

^a Menlo College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIECHTENSTEIN   (Liechtenstein)

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EID: 84857592675     PISSN: 08276331     EISSN: 21692610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08276331.2011.10593528     Document Type: Article

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