Resources of the firm, Russian high-technology startups, and firm growth

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 553-576

  Bruton, Garry D ^a   Rubanik, Yuri ^b  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Technology Moscow Oblast Russia   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Emerging markets; High technology entrepreneurship; Liability of newness; Resource theory; Russian

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036792134     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-9026(01)00079-9     Document Type: Article

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