Social capital and the linkages of high-tech companies to the military defense system: Is there a signaling mechanism?

Small Business Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 4-5, 2006, Pages 419-437

  Honig, Benson ^a   Lerner, Miri ^b   Raban, Yoel ^b  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

High tech companies; Linkages with military and defense systems; Signaling; Social capital; Venture performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751098257     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-005-5644-y     Document Type: Article

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