Knowledge transfer through inheritance: Spin-out generation, development, and survival

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 501-522

  Agarwal, Rajshree ^a   Echambadi, Raj ^b   Franco, April M ^c,d   Sarkar, M B ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 4544220530     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/20159599     Document Type: Article

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