Entrepreneurial Origin, Technological Knowledge, and the Growth of Spin-Off Companies

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1420-1442

  Clarysse, Bart ^a,b   Wright, Mike ^c   Van de Velde, Els ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79960732998     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2010.00991.x     Document Type: Article

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