Hybrid vigor: Securing venture capital by spanning categories in nanotechnology

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1309-1333

  Wry, Tyler ^a   Lounsbury, Michael ^b   Jennings, P Devereaux ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 84908433269     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2011.0588     Document Type: Article

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