Entrepreneurship and innovation in the UK betting industry: The rise of person-to-person betting

European Management Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 351-359

  Laffey, Des ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Betting; Betting exchanges; E commerce; New venture creation; Person to Person betting

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444448124     PISSN: 02632373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emj.2005.04.013     Document Type: Article

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