Novelty and new firm performance: The case of employment systems in knowledge-intensive service organizations

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 338-359

  Jennings, Jennifer E ^a   Jennings, P Devereaux ^a   Greenwood, Royston ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Human resource management; Legal profession; New firm performance; Novelty

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349108820     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2008.03.003     Document Type: Article

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