The good, the bad, and the unfamiliar: The challenges of reputation formation facing new firms

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-75

  Fischer, Eileen ^a   Reuber, Rebecca ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 33845699841     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2007.00163.x     Document Type: Article

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