Co-alignment in the resource-performance relationship: Strategy as mediator

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 359-383

  Edelman, Linda F ^a   Brush, Candida G ^b   Manolova, Tatiana ^c  

^a BENTLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Resources; Small "traditional" firms; Strategies; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 11344294995     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2004.01.004     Document Type: Article

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