Portfolio entrepreneurship: Habitual and novice founders, new entry, and mode of organizing

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 701-725

  Wiklund, Johan ^a,b   Shepherd, Dean A ^c  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 45749110650     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2008.00249.x     Document Type: Article

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