The birth of a new industry: Entry by start-ups and the drivers of firm growth: The case of encryption software

Research Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 787-806

  Giarratana, Marco S ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION   (Spain)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Entry; Innovation; Software

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOGRAPHY; DATABASE SYSTEMS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTELLIGENT CONTROL; SECURITY OF DATA;

ENTERPRENEURSHIP; ENTRY; INNOVATION; SOFTWARE INDUSTRY;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 2942672297     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2004.01.001     Document Type: Article

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