Differentiating growing ventures from non-growth firms

International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 93-109

  Littunen, Hannu ^a   Virtanen, Markku ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial characteristics; Growth; Motivation; New firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746108110     PISSN: 15547191     EISSN: 15551938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11365-006-7091-x     Document Type: Article

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