It's what you make of it: Founder identity and enacting strategic responses to adversity

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1406-1433

  Powell, E Erin ^a   Baker, Ted ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84908452841     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2012.0454     Document Type: Article

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