Autonomy as a start-up motive

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-32

  van Gelderen, Marco ^a   Jansen, Paul ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Business formation; Freedom; Small enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644538881     PISSN: 14626004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14626000610645289     Document Type: Article

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