Spawned with a silver spoon? Entrepreneurial performance and innovation in the medical device industry

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 185-206

  Chatterji, Aaron K ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Innovation; Knowledee flows: Medical devices; Spin offs; Technology

Indexed keywords

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SILVER; SPIN DYNAMICS;

ENTREPRENEURSHIP; HIGH-TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRIES; INDUSTRY EXPERIENCES; KNOWLEDEE FLOWS: MEDICAL DEVICES; MEDICAL DEVICE INDUSTRIES; PRIOR EXPERIENCES; SPIN-OFFS; START-UPS; TECHNOLOGICAL SPILLOVERS; TECHNOLOGY;

INNOVATION;

EID: 60349093948     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.729     Document Type: Article

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