Resourcing new businesses: Social networks, bootstrapping and firm performance

Venture Capital

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 127-152

  Jones, Oswald ^a   Jayawarna, Dilani ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bootstrapping; Business start ups; Performance; Resources; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951267384     PISSN: 13691066     EISSN: 14645343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691061003658886     Document Type: Article

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