Does venture opportunity variation matter? investigating systematic process differences between innovative and imitative new ventures

Small Business Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 229-255

  Samuelsson, Mikael ^a,b   Davidsson, Per ^b,c  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^b JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Longitudinal Growth Modelling; New venture creation; Venture opportunity variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349147175     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-007-9093-7     Document Type: Article

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