The role of knowledge in business start-up activity

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 339-358

  De Clercq, Dirk ^a   Arenius, Pia ^b  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Business start up activity; Knowledge; Nascent entrepreneurship; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746093857     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242606065507     Document Type: Article

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