Strategic experimentation: Understanding change and performance in new ventures

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 493-521

  Nicholls Nixon, Charlene L ^a   Cooper, Arnold C ^b   Woo, Carolyn Y ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

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EID: 3042848185     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-9026(98)00018-4     Document Type: Article

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