Founder-CEO succession and the paradox of entrepreneurial success

Organization Science

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 149-172

  Wasserman, Noam ^a  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

CEO Succession; CEOs; Entrepreneurial Finance; Entrepreneurship; Founder CEO Succession; Founding Teams; Information Technologies; Private Companies; Top Management Teams; Venture Capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038612965     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.14.2.149.14995     Document Type: Article

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