Contextualizing the categorical imperative: Category linkages, technology focus, and resource acquisition in nanotechnology entrepreneurship

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 117-133

  Wry, Tyler ^a   Lounsbury, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Categories; Entrepreneurship; Focus; Nanotechnology; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869121779     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2012.03.001     Document Type: Article

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