Pioneering strategies for entrepreneurial success

Business Horizons

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-27

  Brush, Candida G ^a  

^a BABSON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bootstrapping; Entrepreneurial success; Entrepreneurs; Pioneering; Visioning

Indexed keywords

EID: 36649003833     PISSN: 00076813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bushor.2007.09.001     Document Type: Article

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