Revisiting the strategy, structure, and performance paradigm: The case of venture capital

Organization Science

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 241-259

  Wasserman, Noam ^a  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Integrating qualitative and quantitative methods; Knowledge intensive firms; Organizational structure; Performance implications; Professional services firms; Strategy and structure; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 61349165596     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1070.0309     Document Type: Article

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