The birth, transformation and regeneration of business incubators as new organisational forms: Understanding the interplay between organisational history and organisational theory

Business History

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 353-380

  Leblebici, Huseyin ^a   Shah, Nina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 3242703339     PISSN: 00076791     EISSN: 17437938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0007679042000219175a     Document Type: Article

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