Who enters, where and why? The influence of capabilities and initial resource endowments on the location choices of de novo enterprises

Strategic Organization

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 119-149

  Pe'er, Aviad ^a   Vertinsky, Ilan ^b   King, Andrew ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adverse and favorable selection; Agglomeration; De novo entrants; Location choice; Resources and capabilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 44749086794     PISSN: 14761270     EISSN: 1741315X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1476127008090007     Document Type: Article

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