Risks of corporate entrepreneurship: Autonomy and agency issues

Organization Science

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 194-206

  Katsu Shimizu, Katsuhiko ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Autonomy; Corporate entrepreneurship; Middle managers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865078051     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1110.0645     Document Type: Article

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