Inertia and change in the early years: Employment relations in young, high technology firms

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 503-536

  Hannan, Michael T ^a   Burton, M Diane ^a   Baron, James N ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 8744301160     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/5.2.503     Document Type: Article

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