Exploring the entrepreneurship-performance relationship: Evidence from Greek SMEs

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 352-375

  Theriou, Georgios ^a   Chatzoudes, Dimitrios ^b  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF KAVALA   (Greece)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial Management; Entrepreneurial Orientation; SMEs; Structural Equation Modelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929923285     PISSN: 14626004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JSBED-03-2013-0024     Document Type: Article

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