Standing out from the crowd: The visibility-enhancing effects of IPO-related signals on alliance formation by entrepreneurial firms

Strategic Organization

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 339-372

  Pollock, Timothy G ^a   Gulati, Ranjay ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

alliances; cognition; entrepreneurship; initial public offerings; prestige; signaling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993746189     PISSN: 14761270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1476127007083346     Document Type: Article

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