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Entrepreneurial orientation versus small business orientation: what are their relationships to firm performance?

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Entrepreneurial orientation versus small business orientation: what are their relationships to firm performance? / Runyan, Rodney; Droge, Cornelia; Swinney, Jane.
In: Journal of Small Business Management, Vol. 46, No. 4, 10.2008, p. 567-588.

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Runyan, R, Droge, C & Swinney, J 2008, 'Entrepreneurial orientation versus small business orientation: what are their relationships to firm performance?', Journal of Small Business Management, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 567-588. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-627X.2008.00257.x

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Runyan, R., Droge, C., & Swinney, J. (2008). Entrepreneurial orientation versus small business orientation: what are their relationships to firm performance? Journal of Small Business Management, 46(4), 567-588. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-627X.2008.00257.x

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Runyan R, Droge C, Swinney J. Entrepreneurial orientation versus small business orientation: what are their relationships to firm performance? Journal of Small Business Management. 2008 Oct;46(4):567-588. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-627X.2008.00257.x

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Runyan, Rodney ; Droge, Cornelia ; Swinney, Jane. / Entrepreneurial orientation versus small business orientation : what are their relationships to firm performance?. In: Journal of Small Business Management. 2008 ; Vol. 46, No. 4. pp. 567-588.

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