Resources and relationships in entrepreneurship: An exchange theory of the development and effects of the entrepreneur-investor relationship

Academy of Management Review

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 80-102

  Huang, Laura ^a   Knight, Andrew P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

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EID: 85008223881     PISSN: 03637425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amr.2014.0397     Document Type: Article

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