The influence of the work environment on entrepreneurial learning of small-business owners

Management Learning

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 597-613

  Lans, Thomas ^a   Biemans, Harm ^a   Verstegen, Jos ^a   Mulder, Martin ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Learning; Small business; Work environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 54249093226     PISSN: 13505076     EISSN: 14617307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350507608098117     Document Type: Article

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