Novice, serial and portfolio entrepreneur behaviour and contributions

Small Business Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 109-132

  Westhead, Paul ^a   Ucbasaran, Deniz ^a   Wright, Mike ^a   Binks, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 26444521716     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-003-6461-9     Document Type: Review

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