Exposed: Venture capital, competitor ties, and entrepreneurial innovation

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1334-1360

  Pahnke, Emily Cox ^a   McDonald, Rory ^b   Wang, Dan ^c   Hallen, Benjamin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

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EID: 84939506821     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2012.0777     Document Type: Conference Paper

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