Entrepreneurial strategy narratives and resource acquisition in IPOs

Academy of Management 2007 Annual Meeting: Doing Well by Doing Good, AOM 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Martens, Martin L ^a   Jennings, Jennifer E ^b   Jennings, P Devereaux ^b  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial; IPO; Narrative

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEURIAL; ENTREPRENEURIAL FIRMS; HIGH TECH INDUSTRY; INTERNET CONTENT PROVIDERS; NARRATIVE; RESOURCE ACQUISITION; RESOURCE LEVELS;

EID: 85086491731     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.5465/ambpp.2007.26510530     Document Type: Conference Paper

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