New plant venture performance differences among incumbent, diversifying, and entrepreneurial firms: The impact of industry learning intensity

Management Science

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 549-565

  Balasubramanian, Natarajan ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic capabilities; Entrepreneurs; Learning environment; Pre start up experience

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; DYNAMIC CAPABILITIES; ENTREPRENEURIAL FIRMS; ENTREPRENEURS; FIRM CAPABILITIES; INDUSTRY ENVIRONMENT; LEARNING BY DOING; LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; NEW VENTURES; START-UPS;

COMPETITION; INDUSTRY; PRODUCTIVITY;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 79952952800     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1100.1294     Document Type: Article

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