Dispersed knowledge and an entrepreneurial theory of the firm

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 659-679

  Dew, Nicholas ^a   Velamuri, S Ramakrishna ^b   Venkataraman, Sankaran ^c  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersed knowledge; Entrepreneurial theory; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042583845     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2003.09.004     Document Type: Article

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