Show me the right stuff: Signals for high-tech startups

Journal of Economics and Management Strategy

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 341-364

  Conti, Annamaria ^a   Thursby, Marie ^a   Rothaermel, Frank T ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 84875862735     PISSN: 10586407     EISSN: 15309134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jems.12012     Document Type: Article

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