Social capital, knowledge acquisition, and knowledge exploitation in young technology-based firms

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 6-7, 2001, Pages 587-613

  Yli Renko, Helena ^a,b   Autio, Erkko ^c   Sapienza, Harry J ^d  

^a LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b MCKINSEY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^c AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Knowledge acquisition and knowledge exploitation; Social capital; Young technology based firm

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013218808     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.183     Document Type: Article

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