A tactician's approach to entrepreneurial ventures: Phased-structuring as a model for commercialising innovations

International Journal of Business Innovation and Research

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-34

  Czuchry Jr , Andrew J ^a   Czuchry Sr , Andrew J ^b  

^a Impact Video Solutions   (United States)

^b EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Commercialising innovation; Conceptual framework; Entrepreneurial ventures; Process model; Technology based start up businesses

Indexed keywords

EID: 57349111794     PISSN: 17510252     EISSN: 17510260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBIR.2009.021653     Document Type: Article

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