Silicon valley’s ‘one-hour’ distance rule and managing return on location

Venture Capital

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 85-106

  Griffith, Terri L ^a   Yam, Patrick J ^a   Subramaniam, Suresh ^b  

^a SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CSwitch Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Geography; Location; Silicon Valley; Venture capital; Virtual teams; Virtual work

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011195143     PISSN: 13691066     EISSN: 14645343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691060601076202     Document Type: Article

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