Complementing capital: The role of status, demographic features, and social capital in founding teams' abilities to obtain resources

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 873-891

  Packalen, Kelley A ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 35048884526     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2007.00210.x     Document Type: Article

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