Secrets of gazelles: The differences between high-growth and low-growth business owned by African American entrepreneurs

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 612, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 108-130

  Boston, Thomas D ^a,b   Boston, Linje R ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b EüQuant ^*

Author keywords

Black owned firms; Gazelles; High growth firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548606852     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716207303581     Document Type: Article

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