Exploring the antecedents of social liabilities in CVC triads-A dynamic social network perspective

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 255-272

  Weber, Christiana ^a   Weber, Barbara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b Bibs Capital   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Corporate venture capital triad; Knowledge transfer; Social capital, social liability; Social network dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751598018     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2009.07.004     Document Type: Article

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