Growth, diversification, and business group formation in entrepreneurial firms

Small Business Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 65-82

  Iacobucci, Donato ^a   Rosa, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business groups; Diversification; Entrepreneurship; Habitual entrepreneurs

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944579437     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-005-4258-8     Document Type: Article

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