Formalizing the front-end of the entrepreneurial process using the stage-gate model as a guide An opportunity to improve entrepreneurship education and practice

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 289-303

  Barringer, Bruce B ^a   Gresock, Amy R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Business planning; Education; Entrepreneurialism; Risk management

Indexed keywords

EID: 44349134611     PISSN: 14626004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14626000810871682     Document Type: Article

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