A corporation's culture as an impetus for spinoffs and a driving force of industry evolution

Journal of Evolutionary Economics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 689-712

  Cordes, Christian ^a   Richerson, Peter J ^b   Schwesinger, Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate culture; Evolutionary foundationsof economic behavior; Firm performance; Industry evolution; Spinoff formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903906728     PISSN: 09369937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00191-013-0335-3     Document Type: Article

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