Entrepreneurial leadership in hightech firms: a field study

Leadership & Organization Development Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 380-389

  Swiercz, Paul Michael ^a   Lydon, Sharon R ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurialism; High technology; Leadership; Product life cycle

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986139393     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437730210445810     Document Type: Article

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