New Venture Performance in the Transition Economies: A Conceptual Model

International Research in the Business Disciplines

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages 89-111

  Schwarz, Erich J ^a   Wdowiak, Malgorzata A ^a  

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EID: 33744966367     PISSN: 10747877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-7877(06)05006-9     Document Type: Review

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