Firm survival: The role of incubators and business characteristics

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 793-796

  Mas Verdú, Francisco ^a   Ribeiro Soriano, Domingo ^b   Roig Tierno, Norat ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Configurational comparative method; Firm survival; FsQCA; Incubators

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923067649     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2014.11.030     Document Type: Article

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