Legitimation of New Ventures: A Review and Research Programme

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 667-698

  Überbacher, Florian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Legitimacy; Literature review; New ventures

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898883341     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joms.12077     Document Type: Review

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1. The 60 articles included in this review are asterisked.
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