Venture gestation paths of nascent entrepreneurs: Exploring the temporal patterns

Journal of High Technology Management Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-22

  Liao, Jianwen ^a   Welsch, Harold ^b   Tan, Wee Liang ^c  

^a NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Nascent entrepreneurs; Start up process; Venture creation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; DATA REDUCTION; LINEAR PROGRAMMING;

NASCENT ENTREPRENEURS; START-UP PROCESS; VENTURE CREATION;

PROCESS ENGINEERING;

EID: 24144479515     PISSN: 10478310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hitech.2005.06.001     Document Type: Article

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