Insecure advantage? Markets for technology and the value of resources for entrepreneurial ventures

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 231-251

  Arora, Ashish ^a   Nandkumar, Anand ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (India)

Author keywords

contingent value of resources; entrepreneurship; markets for technology; performance; RBV

Indexed keywords

CONTINGENT VALUE OF RESOURCES; ENTREPRENEURSHIP; MARKETS FOR TECHNOLOGY; PERFORMANCE; RBV;

COMMERCE; COMPETITION; MARKETING; SECURITY OF DATA;

TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84855431333     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.953     Document Type: Article

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