Spin-off entry in high-tech industries: Motives and consequences

Perspectives on Innovation

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 187-218

  Klepper, Steven ^a   Thompson, Peter ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84926084769     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511618390.010     Document Type: Chapter

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