Evolution on the shoulders of giants: Entrepreneurship and firm survival in the German laser industry

Review of Industrial Organization

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 179-202

  Buenstorf, Guido ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF HUMAN HISTORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Industry life cycle; Integrating distributors; Spin offs; Submarkets

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEUR; HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL COMPETITION; LASER;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 34848815609     PISSN: 0889938X     EISSN: 15737160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11151-007-9132-1     Document Type: Article

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