Diversification in the venture capital industry: Leveraging knowledge under uncertainty

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 407-426

  Matusik, Sharon F ^a   Fitza, Markus A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b BENTLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

diversification; entrepreneurship; knowledge; organizational learning; uncertainty; venture capital

Indexed keywords

DIVERSIFICATION; ENTREPRENEURSHIP; KNOWLEDGE; ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING; UNCERTAINTY; VENTURE CAPITAL;

INDUSTRY; INVESTMENTS;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84856719436     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.1942     Document Type: Article

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