A meta-analytic review of effectuation and venture performance

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 573-587

  Read, Stuart ^a   Song, Michael ^b   Smit, Willem ^a  

^a IMD   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Creation; Discovery; Effectuation; Meta analysis; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 70049089892     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2008.02.005     Document Type: Article

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