Tigerblood: Newspapers, blogs, and the founding of information technology firms

Information Systems Research

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 812-828

  Greenwood, Brad N ^a   Gopal, Anand ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Blogs; Econometric analysis; Entrepreneurship; Firm founding; Information technology firms; Media; Newspapers; User generated media

Indexed keywords

BLOGS; DECISION MAKING; INTERNET; NEWSPRINT;

ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS; ENTREPRENEURSHIP; FIRM FOUNDING; MEDIA; NEWSPAPERS; USER-GENERATED;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84957641820     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: 15265536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.2015.0603     Document Type: Article

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