Are all startups affected similarly by clusters? Agglomeration, competition, firm heterogeneity, and survival

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 354-372

  Pe'er, Aviad ^a   Keil, Thomas ^b  

^a RUTGERS BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Capability; Cluster; Resource; Survival

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875627329     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2012.03.004     Document Type: Article

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