Exploring the differences between franchisee entrepreneurs and nascent entrepreneurs

International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 403-418

  Sardy, Marc ^a   Alon, Ilan ^a  

^a ROLLINS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Franchisees; Nascent entrepreneurs; PSED database; Startup survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 34748914211     PISSN: 15547191     EISSN: 15551938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11365-007-0045-0     Document Type: Article

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