Cuban-American entrepreneurs: Chance, complexity and chaos

Organization Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 31-57

  Peterson, Mark F ^a   Meckler, Mark R ^b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Chance; Chaos; Complexity; Cuban; Entrepreneurs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039569446     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/017084060102200102     Document Type: Article

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