Immaturity: The constraining of entrepreneurship

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 232-252

  Thorpe, Richard ^a   Holt, Robin ^a   Clarke, Jean ^a   Gold, Jeff ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS BECKETT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Constructionist perspectives; Entrepreneurial behavior; Immaturity; Maturity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646423528     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242606063431     Document Type: Article

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