Managing Growth Transitions: Theoretical Perspectives and Research Directions

The Blackwell Handbook of Entrepreneurship

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 308-328

  Arbaugh, J B ^a   Camp, S Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

^b EWING MARION KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceo entrepreneur; Defining transitions in personnel; External environment; Financial management; Implications for configurations; Knowledge based; Literature on managing growth; Organizational management structure; Research directions; Resource based; Resource based solutions; Role of resources; Transitions; Underlying business model

Indexed keywords

EID: 85046047524     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781405164214.ch15     Document Type: Chapter

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