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Hybrid Vigor: Securing Venture Capital by Spanning Categories in Nanotechnology 混合活力:确保风险资本在纳米技术跨越类别

Alberta: Strategic Management & Organization (Topic) Pub Date : 2013-04-23 DOI: 10.5465/AMJ.2011.0588

Tyler Wry, M. Lounsbury, P. Jennings

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引用次数: 169

Competitive Positioning Withing and Across a Strategic Group Structure: The Performance of Core, Secondary, and Solitary Firms 战略集团结构中的竞争定位:核心企业、次要企业和独立企业的绩效

Alberta: Strategic Management & Organization (Topic) Pub Date : 2002-07-12 DOI: 10.1002/SMJ.289

G. McNamara, David L. Deephouse, R. Luce

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引用次数: 256