Founding team and start-up competitive advantage

International Journal of Organizational Analysis

Volumn 16, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 138-151

  Wu, Lei Yu ^a   Wang, Chun Ju ^b   Tseng, Chun Yao ^c   Wu, Ming Cheng ^d  

^a NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b MING CHUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHANGHUA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Business formation; Competitive advantage; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 52949108457     PISSN: 19348835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/19348830810915532     Document Type: Article

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