Entrepreneurship and the concept of fit: A model and empirical tests

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 137-153

  Naman, John L ^a   Slevin, Dennis P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; environment; firm performance; normative model; strategic fit

Indexed keywords

EID: 84989141944     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.4250140205     Document Type: Article

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