New to the game and questioning the rules: The experiences and beliefs of founders who start imitative versus innovative firms

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 633-663

  Cliff, Jennifer E ^a   Jennings, P Devereaux ^a   Greenwood, Royston ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Innovative entrepreneurship; Institutional theory; Opportunity recognition; Organizational creation; Organizational design

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646572551     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2005.02.010     Document Type: Article

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