Corporate versus independent new ventures: Resource, strategy, and performance differences

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 47-66

  Shrader, Rodney C ^a   Simon, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030672170     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-9026(96)00053-5     Document Type: Article

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