Managerial determinants of decision speed in new ventures

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 355-366

  Forbes, Daniel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Entrepreneurship; New ventures; Speed

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; DECISION MAKING; INVESTMENTS; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; MICROCOMPUTERS; PERSONNEL; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SPEED;

ENTERPRENEURSHIP; NEW VENTURES; STRATEGIC DECISIONS; TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITIES;

STRATEGIC PLANNING;

EID: 15244349644     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.451     Document Type: Article

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