Founding conditions and the survival of new firms

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 510-529

  Geroski, P A ^a   Mata, José ^b   Portugal, Pedro ^b,c  

^a LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NOVA SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Founding conditions; New firms; Survival

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATIONAL ECOLOGY; RESOURCE-BASED VIEW OF THE FIRM;

EID: 77952114348     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.823     Document Type: Article

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