Preparedness and cognitive legitimacy as antecedents of new venture funding in televised business pitches

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 915-939

  Pollack, Jeffrey M ^a   Rutherford, Matthew W ^b   Nagy, Brian G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BRADLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84865735267     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2012.00531.x     Document Type: Article

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