The measurement of success in a business incubation project

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 454-468

  Voisey, Pam ^a   Gornall, Lynne ^a   Jones, Paul ^a   Thomas, Brychan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business development; Entrepreneurialism; Graduates; Teleworking; Value analysis; Wales

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747612656     PISSN: 14626004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14626000610680307     Document Type: Article

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