Supporter networks and network growth: A contingency model of organizational emergence

Small Business Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 141-159

  Newbert, Scott L ^a   Tornikoski, Erno T ^b  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ESC Saint Etienne   (France)

Author keywords

Nascent entrepreneurs; Network growth; Organizational emergence; PSED

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860361476     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-010-9300-9     Document Type: Article

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