Combining effects of internal resources, entrepreneur characteristics and KIS on new firms

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2079-2089

  Belso Martinez, Jose A ^a   Molina Morales, F Xavier ^b   Mas Verdu, Francisco ^c  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Knowledge intensive services; Resource based view; Social capital; Spain

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878667704     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2013.02.034     Document Type: Article

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