National culture and cultural orientations of owners affecting the innovation-growth relationship in five countries

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 25, Issue 9-10, 2013, Pages 732-755

  Rauch, Andreas ^a   Frese, Michael ^b   Wang, Zhong Ming ^c   Unger, Jens ^d   Lozada, Maria ^d   Kupcha, Vita ^d   Spirina, Tanja ^d  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

business owner; cultural orientation; culture; growth; innovation

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; CULTURAL RELATIONS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENTREPRENEUR; GROWTH RATE; INNOVATION;

CHINA; GERMANY; NETHERLANDS; PERU; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 84890591445     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: 14645114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985626.2013.862972     Document Type: Article

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