Knowledge brokering and organizational innovation: Founder imprinting effects

Organization Science

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1134-1153

  Hsu, David H ^a   Lim, Kwanghui ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Entrepreneurship; Founder imprinting; Innovation; Knowledge brokering; Patents

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904861464     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.2013.0863     Document Type: Article

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