New Venture Teams: A Review of the Literature and Roadmap for Future Research

Journal of Management

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 226-255

  Klotz, Anthony C ^a   Hmieleski, Keith M ^b   Bradley, Bret H ^c   Busenitz, Lowell W ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

entrepreneurship; founding teams; group processes; new venture teams; top management teams upper echelon

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890052731     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206313493325     Document Type: Article

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