Survival strategies and characteristics of start-ups: An empirical study from the New Zealand IT industry

Technovation

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 161-169

  Almeida, Shamika ^a   Fernando, Mario ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Start up IT organizations; Strategic choice; Survival strategies

Indexed keywords

PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

COMPLEX STRATEGIES; STRATEGIC BALANCE; SURVIVAL STRATEGIES;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 38749122143     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2007.04.004     Document Type: Article

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