Tolerance for failure and corporate innovation

Review of Financial Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 211-255

  Tian, Xuan ^a   Wang, Tracy Yue ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

G24; G34; O31

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891452522     PISSN: 08939454     EISSN: 14657368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rfs/hhr130     Document Type: Article

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