International Corporate Entrepreneurship among SMEs: A Test of Stevenson's Notion of Entrepreneurial Management

Journal of Small Business Management

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 780-800

  Naldi, Lucia ^a   Achtenhagen, Leona ^a   Davidsson, Per ^b  

^a JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

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EID: 84931568573     PISSN: 00472778     EISSN: 1540627X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jsbm.12087     Document Type: Article

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