Dont go it alone: Alliance network composition and startups' performance in Canadian biotechnology

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 267-294

  Baum, Joel A C ^a   Calabrese, Tony ^a   Silverman, Brian S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alliance networks; Canadian biotechnology; Startup performance; Strategic alliances

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001399968     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0266(200003)21:3<267::AID-SMJ89>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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