How do new ventures evolve? An inductive study of archetype changes in science-based ventures

Organization Science

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1125-1140

  Ambos, Tina C ^a   Birkinshaw, Julian ^b  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

^b LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archetype; New venture; Organizational evolution; Punctuated equilibrium

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649735789     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1090.0504     Document Type: Article

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