The pivot: How founders respond to feedback through idea and identity work

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 1692-1717

  Grimes, Matthew G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85055774589     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2015.0823     Document Type: Article

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