Spatial and Temporal Heterogeneity in Founding Patterns

Organization Science

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2003, Pages

  Cattani, Gino ^a   Pennings, Johannes M ^b   Wezel, Filippo Carlo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Density Dependence; Industry Evolution; Social Contagion; Spatial and Temporal Heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0942278799     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.14.6.640.24874     Document Type: Article

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