Success in Israeli high-tech start-ups; Critical factors and process

Technovation

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 162-174

  Chorev, Schaul ^a,b   Anderson, Alistair R ^a,c  

^a ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^c Department of Enterpreneurship ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

High tech; Israel; Start up; Success factors

Indexed keywords

HIGH-TECH; ISRAEL; START-UP; SUCCESS FACTORS;

COMMERCE; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MARKETING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 43549112162     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2005.06.014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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