Entry barriers and new venture performance: A comparison of universal and contingency approaches

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 6-7, 2001, Pages 659-685

  Robinson, Kenneth C ^a   Mcdougall, Patricia Phillips ^b  

^a KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Entry barriers; New ventures

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038970074     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.186     Document Type: Article

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