Entrepreneurial resource acquisition through indirect ties: Compensatory effects of prior knowledge

Journal of Management

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 511-536

  Zhang, Jing ^a   Soh, Pek hooi ^b   Wong, Poh kam ^c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial resource acquisition; Indirect ties; Prior knowledge; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 76249122631     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206308329963     Document Type: Article

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