Parent inheritance, founder expertise, and venture strategy: Determinants of new venture knowledge impact

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 322-337

  Basu, Sandip ^a   Sahaym, Arvin ^b   Howard, Michael D ^c   Boeker, Warren ^d  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotechnology industry; Knowledge creation; Knowledge recombination; New ventures; Organizational genealogy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925108575     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2014.06.002     Document Type: Article

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