Examining the technical corporate entrepreneurs' motivation: Voices from the field

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 753-768

  Marvel, Matthew R ^a   Griffin, Abbie ^b   Hebda, John ^c   Vojak, Bruce ^c  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

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EID: 34548165104     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2007.00198.x     Document Type: Article

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