The more the merrier? The effect of group size on effectiveness in sme funding campaigns

Strategic Organization

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-68

  Wincent, Joakim ^a   Örtqvist, Daniel ^a   Eriksson, Jessica ^b   Autio, Erkko ^c  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Funding campaigns; Fundraising; Group size; Innovation; Resource mobilization; Size paradox

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649277401     PISSN: 14761270     EISSN: 1741315X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1476127009360402     Document Type: Article

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