Do the stories they tell get them the money they need? The role of entrepreneurial narratives in resource acquisition

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1107-1132

  Martens, Martin L ^a   Jennings, Jennifer E ^b   Jennings, P Devereaux ^b  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 36749030622     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMJ.2007.27169488     Document Type: Article

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