Entrepreneurial competencies and smes business success: The contingent role of external integration

Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 50-61

  Tehseen, Shehnaz ^a   Ramayah, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Business Success; Entrepreneurial competencies; External Integration; Malaysian SMEs; Manufacturing Industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923090713     PISSN: 20399340     EISSN: 20392117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n1p50     Document Type: Article

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