The entrepreneur enabler: Identifying and supporting those with potential

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 528-544

  Thompson, John ^a   Downing, Ron ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Trade and Industry   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business enterprise; Case studies; Entrepreneurs

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547875384     PISSN: 14626004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14626000710773592     Document Type: Article

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