Tapping deep pockets: The role of resources and social capital on financial capital acquisition by biotechnology firms in biotech-pharma alliances

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1354-1376

  Gopalakrishnan, Shanthi ^a   Scillitoe, Joanne L ^b   Santoro, Michael D ^b  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b New Jersey Institute of Technology ^*

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EID: 56349160219     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2008.00777.x     Document Type: Article

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