Entrepreneurial Resources, Organizational Choices, and Competitive Outcomes

Organization Science

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 625-643

  Mosakowski, Elaine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Entrepreneurship; Innovation; Organizational forms

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032281828     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.9.6.625     Document Type: Article

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