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Operational Slack and Venture Survival

  1. Arash Azadegan1,
  2. Pankaj C. Patel2,
  3. Vinit Parida3

Article first published online: 17 AUG 2012

DOI: 10.1111/j.1937-5956.2012.01361.x

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Production and Operations Management

Production and Operations Management

Volume 22, Issue 1, pages 1–18, January/February 2013

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Azadegan, A., Patel, P. C. and Parida, V. (2013), Operational Slack and Venture Survival. Production and Operations Management, 22: 1–18. doi: 10.1111/j.1937-5956.2012.01361.x

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  1. 1

    Supply Chain Management and Marketing Science Department, Rutgers Business School, 1 Washington Park Newark, New Jersey, USA

  2. 2

    Miller College of Business, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, USA

  3. 3

    Division of Entreprenuership, Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 18 JAN 2013
  2. Article first published online: 17 AUG 2012
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 1 DEC 2011
  4. Manuscript Received: 1 AUG 2010

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