Entrepreneurial orientation: Growth and profitability of finnish small- and medium-sized enterprises

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 614-621

  Soininen, Juha ^a   Martikainen, Minna ^a   Puumalainen, Kaisu ^a   Kyläheiko, Kalevi ^a  

^a LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial orientation; Performance; Risk; SMEs

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEURIAL ORIENTATION; FINNISH; FIRM PERFORMANCE; GROWTH AND PROFITABILITY; PERFORMANCE; RISK LEVELS; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; SMES; STRATEGIC BEHAVIOR;

ECONOMICS; PROFITABILITY; RISKS;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84866729694     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2011.05.029     Document Type: Conference Paper

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