Entrepreneurial learning: Researching the interface between learning and the entrepreneurial context

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 351-371

  Harrison, Richard T ^a   Leitch, Claire M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 27844607745     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2005.00089.x     Document Type: Review

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