Supporting innovation in government-sponsored networks: The role of network board composition

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 997-1020

  Wincent, Joakim ^a   Anokhin, Sergey ^b   Örtqvist, Daniel ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

agency theory; embeddedness theory; monitoring; network board; strategic network

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890381253     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242612447970     Document Type: Article

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