Resource acquisition in the emergence phase: Considering the effects of embeddedness and resource dependence

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 249-280

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

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DIPI Laboratory   (France)

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EID: 84875265208     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2011.00461.x     Document Type: Article

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