Swimming with sharks: Technology ventures, defense mechanisms and corporate relationships

Administrative Science Quarterly

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 295-332

  Katila, Riitta ^a   Rosenberger, Jeff D ^b   Eisenhardt, Kathleen M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Nomis Solutions ^*

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EID: 51549103938     PISSN: 00018392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2189/asqu.53.2.295     Document Type: Article

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