Start-ups: Business incubation and social capital

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 487-511

  Tötterman, Henrik ^a   Sten, Jan ^a  

^a HANKEN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Business incubation; Entrepreneurship; Networks; Social capital; Start ups

Indexed keywords

EID: 27344459756     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242605055909     Document Type: Article

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