Entrepreneurial orientation and firm performance: Drawing attention to the senior team

Journal of Product Innovation Management

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 821-836

  Van Doorn, Sebastiaan ^a   Jansen, Justin J P ^b   Van Den Bosch, Frans A J ^b   Volberda, Henk W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION; MANAGEMENT;

DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTS; ENTREPRENEURIAL ORIENTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL DYNAMISMS; FIRM PERFORMANCE; MODERATING EFFECT; ORGANIZATIONAL FUNCTIONS; TEAM COMPOSITION;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84881425080     PISSN: 07376782     EISSN: 15405885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpim.12032     Document Type: Article

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