Tough love: How communal schemas and contracting practices build relational capital in entrepreneurial teams

Academy of Management Review

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 533-551

  Blatt, Ruth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 67249103187     PISSN: 03637425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMR.2009.40633298     Document Type: Review

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