Better together? signaling interactions in new venture pursuit of initial external capital

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1585-1604

  Plummer, Lawrence A ^a   Allison, Thomas H ^b   Connelly, Brian L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84990944484     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2013.0100     Document Type: Article

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