Networks in Entrepreneurship: The Case of High-technology Firms

Small Business Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 409-422

  Elfring, Tom ^a,b   Hulsink, Willem ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 1642460176     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026180418357     Document Type: Conference Paper

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