Product innovation of private health insurers in South Africa and the impact of entrepreneurial orientation

South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 298-315

  Urban, Boris ^a   Streak, Milton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Corporate entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurial orientation; External collaboration; Health insurers; Healthcare industry; Product innovation; Regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883815226     PISSN: 10158812     EISSN: 22223436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/sajems.v16i3.404     Document Type: Article

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