The moderating effects of customer driven complexity on the structure and growth relationship in young firms

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 306-320

  Chowdhury, Sanjib ^a  

^a EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Customer driven complexity; IPOs; Revenue growth; Young firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951856951     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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