Exploration and exploitation in established small and medium-sized enterprises: The effect of CEOs' regulatory focus

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 582-602

  Kammerlander, Nadine ^a   Burger, Dominik ^a   Fust, Alexander ^a   Fueglistaller, Urs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Exploitation; Exploration; Organizational ambidexterity; Regulatory focus; SMEs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929621567     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2014.09.004     Document Type: Article

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