How business opportunities constrain young technology-based firms from growing into medium-sized firms

Small Business Economics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 113-129

  Saemundsson, Rögnvaldur ^a   Dahlstrand, Åsa Lindholm ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

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EID: 21244490527     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-003-3803-6     Document Type: Article

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