The relational antecedents of project-entrepreneurship: Network centrality, team composition and project performance

Research Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1545-1558

  Ferriani, Simone ^a   Cattani, Gino ^b   Baden Fuller, Charles ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Commercial performance; Feature film industry; Network centrality; Project entrepreneur; Team composition

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL PERFORMANCE; FEATURE FILM INDUSTRY; NETWORK CENTRALITY; PROJECT-ENTREPRENEUR; TEAM COMPOSITION;

MOTION PICTURES;

EID: 70350616196     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2009.09.001     Document Type: Article

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