Critical realism: A suitable vehicle for entrepreneurship research?

Handbook of Qualitative Research Methods in Entrepreneurship

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 49-74

  Blundel, Richard ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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