Dynamics of social capital and their performance implications: Lessons from biotechnology start-ups

Administrative Science Quarterly

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 262-292

  Maurer, Indre ^a   Ebers, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

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EID: 33749028199     PISSN: 00018392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2189/asqu.51.2.262     Document Type: Article

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