Survival of the fittest? Entrepreneurial human capital and the persistence of underperforming firms

Administrative Science Quarterly

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 750-783

  Gimeno, Javier ^a   Folta, Timothy B ^a   Cooper, Arnold C ^a   Woo, Carolyn Y ^a  

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EID: 0031283718     PISSN: 00018392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2393656     Document Type: Article

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