Externally acquired or internally generated? Knowledge development and perceived environmental dynamism in new venture innovation

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 24-46

  McKelvie, Alexander ^a   Wiklund, Johan ^a   Brattström, Anna ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dynamism; Knowledge; Managerial perceptions; New venture innovation; Sector

Indexed keywords

EID: 85047652016     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1042258717747056     Document Type: Article

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