Knowledge-based resources, entrepreneurial orientation, and the performance of small and medium-sized businesses

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 1307-1314

  Wiklund, Johan ^a,b   Shepherd, Dean ^b,c  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^b JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Discovery; Entrepreneurial orien tation; Exploitation; Knowledge; Resources

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION;

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; ENTREPRENEURIAL ORIENTATION; FIRM PERFORMANCE; INTERNAL CHARACTERISTICS; KNOWLEDGE-BASED RESOURCES; RESOURCE-BASED; SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED BUSINESS; STRATEGIC ORIENTATION;

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

EID: 85100939786     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.360     Document Type: Article

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