The Measurement of Entrepreneurial Orientation

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 677-702

  Covin, Jeffrey G ^a   Wales, William J ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84857964629     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2010.00432.x     Document Type: Article

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