Revisiting the Mediating Effect of Entrepreneurial Behaviour on Proactiveness – Performance Relationship: The Role of Business Ties and Competitive Intensity

European Management Review

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 291-306

  Yeniaras, Volkan ^a   Unver, Suheyl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

^b ISTANBUL BILGI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

business ties; competitive intensity; exploitative innovation; exploratory innovation; new product performance; proactiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84994498902     PISSN: 17404754     EISSN: 17404762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/emre.12084     Document Type: Article

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