Are you experienced? Prior experience and the survival of new organizations

Industry and Innovation

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 497-511

  Dahl, Michael S ^a   Reichstein, Toke ^b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Organizational routines; Pre entry experience; Spin offs; Survival of new firms

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; DATA SET; LABOR MARKET; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK;

EID: 36849040176     PISSN: 13662716     EISSN: 14698390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13662710701711414     Document Type: Article

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