Creative climate: A critical success factor for 21st century organisations

International Journal of Business Innovation and Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 202-219

  Barrett, Hilton ^a   Balloun, Joseph L ^b   Weinstein, Art ^c  

^a ELIZABETH CITY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MERCER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate entrepreneurship; CRC; Creative climate; ENT; Innovation; Learning orientation; LRN; Market orientation; MKT; Moderating variable; ORG; Organisational flexibility; Organisational performance; PERF

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858252704     PISSN: 17510252     EISSN: 17510260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBIR.2012.045637     Document Type: Article

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