Partnering portfolios, value-creation logics, and growth trajectories: A comparison of Yahoo and Google (1995 to 2007)

Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 133-151

  Rindova, Violina P ^a   Yeow, Adrian ^b   Martins, Luis L ^a   Faraj, Samer ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial firm growth; Google; Partnering portfolios; Value creation; Yahoo

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867383760     PISSN: 19324391     EISSN: 1932443X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sej.1131     Document Type: Article

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