Resources, environmental change, and survival: Asymmetric paths of young independent and subsidiary organizations

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 486-509

  Bradley, Steven W ^a   Aldrich, Howard ^b   Shepherd, Dean A ^c   Wiklund, Johan ^d,e  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

adaptation; environmental jolt; failure; parent; resources; structure

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL JOLT; FAILURE; PARENT; RESOURCES; STRUCTURE;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; MANUFACTURE;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EID: 79953065065     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.887     Document Type: Article

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